口實

See also: 口実

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (口實)		口	實
simp. (口实)		口	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² sat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-si̍t / kháu-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒushíh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-shih²
    • Yale: kǒu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooushyr
    • Palladius: коуши (kouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² sat⁶
    • Yale: háu saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ sɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khió-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioysit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qawsit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/

Noun

口實

1. cause for gossip; words or behaviour used by others as a subject for ridicule
2. excuse that can be used

Synonyms

• (cause for gossip):

• 話把／话把 (huàbà)
• 話柄／话柄
• 話靶／话靶 (huàbǎ)

 

• (excuse):

• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	實
こう Grade: 1	じつ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

口(こう)實(じつ) • (kōjitsu) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 口実 (“excuse, pretext”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
口	實

Noun

口實 • (gusil) (hangeul 구실)

1. Hanja form^? of 구실 (“excuse, pretext”).