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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

口风

kǒufēng

meaning behind the words

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

meaning behind the words

02

what sb really means to say

03

one's intentions as revealed in one's words

04

tone of speech

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 口风 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 口风 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

苹果在发售日期和价格上口风仍然很紧。píng guǒ zài fā shòu rì qī hé jià gé shàng kǒu fēng réng rán hěn jǐn。

Apple is still very secretive with regard to the release date and the price.

她口风很严。tā kǒu fēng hěn yán。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 口风.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 口风.

Directly before

  • 她口风1
  • 上口风1

Directly after

  • 口风很严1
  • 口风仍然1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 口风

What does 口风 mean in Chinese?

口风 (kǒufēng) means meaning behind the words.

How do you pronounce 口风?

口风 is pronounced kǒufēng.

Is 口风 an HSK word?

口风 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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