khẩu
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 口.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəw˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəw˧˨] ~ [xəw˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəw˨˩˦] ~ [xəw˨˩˦]
Noun
khẩu
- (chiefly in compounds) mouth; opening
- (colloquial) Short for nhân khẩu (“number of people in a family; population”).
- Short for cửa khẩu (“checkpoint; border pass”).
Classifier
khẩu