張口

See also: 张口

Chinese

		(a measure word); surname; open up	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (張口)		張	口
simp. (张口)		张	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ hau²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsan-kheu; ¹tsan ⁵kheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: jāng-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangkoou
    • Palladius: чжанкоу (čžankou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ hau²
    • Yale: jēung háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsan-kheu; ¹tsan ⁵kheu
    • MiniDict: tsan^平 kheu; tsan^平 kheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsan-kheu; ¹tsan ²kheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sã⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/, /t͡sã⁴⁴  kʰɤ³⁴/

Verb

張⫽口 (verb-object)

1. to open one's mouth; to start to speak

   他是南方人，所以一張口說話就帶有南方口音。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是南方人，所以一张口说话就带有南方口音。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì nánfāngrén, suǒyǐ yī zhāngkǒu shuōhuà jiù dàiyǒu nánfāng kǒuyīn. [Pinyin]

   He is from the South, so when he opens his mouth to speak, you can hear his Southern accent.

Derived terms

• 張口結舌／张口结舌 (zhāngkǒujiéshé)
• 飯來張口／饭来张口 (fànláizhāngkǒu)