小口

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Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(小口)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小口

  1. small mouth
    櫻桃小口樱桃小口  ―  yīngtáo xiǎokǒu  ―  a small cherry-like mouth
  2. small opening, small entrance, aperture
  3. container with a small opening
  4. child; minor
  5. (Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) snack

Synonyms

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Adjective

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小口

  1. (Southern Min) eating little, eating like a bird
    小口 [Hokkien, trad.]
    小口 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I chin sió-kháu, chia̍h pòaⁿ óaⁿ pn̄g tō pá--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He eats very little; he was already full after eating half a bowl of rice.

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (ko, small, little) +‎ (kuchi, mouth).

Noun

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()(ぐち) (koguchi

  1. small lot, small sum, small amount
  2. end, edge, cut end, beginning
  3. clue
  4. section
  5. (printing, of a page) the outside margin, whichever vertical margin that is farther from the spine of the book
    Antonym:
    Hypernym: マージン
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Proper noun

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()(ぐち) (Koguchi

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (o, small, little) +‎ (kuchi, mouth).

Proper noun

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()(ぐち) (Oguchi

  1. a surname