合口

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (合口)		合	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hékǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hékǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hékǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-kʻou³
    • Yale: hé-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkoou
    • Palladius: хэкоу (xɛkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ hau²
    • Yale: hahp háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

合口

1. (literary) to close the mouth
2. (literary) to say together; to speak in unison
3. (literary) to quarrel
4. (of food, dishes) to be to one's taste; to be tasty
5. (of a wound) to heal up; to form a scab

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 合口

1. (literary) junction; point of convergence (of two rivers)
2. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 合口呼 (hékǒuhū, “close-mouth sounds”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	口
あい Grade: 2	くち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 匕首

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいくち [àíkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あいくち [àíkúꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ikɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

合(あい)口(くち) • (aikuchi) 

1. aikuchi, a type of 短刀(たんとう) (tantō)