That's just an excuse.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
藉口
to use as an excuse
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to use as an excuse
02
on the pretext
03
excuse
04
pretext
05
also written 借口 jièkǒu
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 藉口 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 藉口 appears in 14 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Their excuses were all alike.
He made many excuses for being late.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 藉口.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 藉口.
Directly before
- 的藉口6
- 为藉口2
- 个藉口1
- 一些藉口1
- 任何藉口1
Directly after
- 藉口缺席1
- 藉口都1
- 藉口的1
- 藉口罢了1
- 藉口离开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 藉口
What does 藉口 mean in Chinese?
藉口 (jièkǒu) means to use as an excuse.
How do you pronounce 藉口?
藉口 is pronounced jièkǒu.
Is 藉口 an HSK word?
藉口 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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