开 口

kāikǒu

“To open one's mouth” in Chinese is 开口 (kāikǒu).

Meaning

to open one's mouth
to start to talk

Example

他开口了。

He spoke.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)kǒuHSK 13 strokesmouth

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