口腔

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	cavity of body; tune
trad. (口腔)		口	腔
simp. #(口腔)		口	腔
anagram		腔口

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² hong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-khang / khió-khiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao² kion¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuciang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: kǒu-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchiang
    • Palladius: коуцян (koucjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² hong¹
    • Yale: háu hōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² hong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khang
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khiong
    • Tâi-lô: khió-khiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qiofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao² kion¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu khioⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰĩõ³³/

Noun

口腔

1. oral cavity

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 喙空

Derived terms

• 口腔潰瘍／口腔溃疡 (kǒuqiāng kuìyáng)
• 口腔癌 (kǒuqiāng'ái)
• 口腔衛生／口腔卫生 (kǒuqiāng wèishēng)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-khiuⁿ / kháu-khioⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qviw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

口腔

1. (Southern Min, linguistics) accent (phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect)

Synonyms

• 口音 (kǒuyīn)
• 語音／语音 (yǔyīn)
• (Sichuan) 腔口兒／腔口儿
• (Hokkien) 腔口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	腔
こう Grade: 1	くう Jinmeiyō
kan’on	kan’yōon

Kanji in this term
口	腔
こう Grade: 1	こう Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Etymology

口 (“mouth”) +‎ 腔 (“cavity”)

Kōkō: /koukau/ → /koːkɔː/ → /koːkoː/

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーこー [kòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːko̞ː]

• (Tokyo) こーくう [kòókúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

口(こう)腔(こう) • (kōkō) ^{←こうかう (koukau)?}
口(こう)腔(くう) • (kōkū) 

1. the oral cavity

Usage notes

The reading kōkū is mainly used medical contexts.