khẩu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 口.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰəw˨˩˦] ~ [xəw˨˩˦]

Noun

khẩu

(chiefly in compounds) mouth; opening
(colloquial) Short for nhân khẩu (“number of people in a family; population”).
Short for cửa khẩu (“checkpoint; border pass”).

Classifier

khẩu

Used for mouthfuls and bites.
Used for guns and cannons.

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