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

合口

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

Japanese

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 合口 – see the following entry.

【あいくち】 [noun] 合口, 合い口: compatibility, rapport, or cooperativeness in anything done together with others [noun] 合口, 合い口: getting along well with others, affinity [noun] 合口, 合い口: the join or fit between stones or bricks in masonry or other wall building [noun] 合口, 合い口: the join or fit between a lid and a container [noun] 合口, 合い口: a style of constructing a 短刀 (tantō, “short sword; dagger”) without a crossguard, so that the hilt fits directly against the opening of the scabbard [noun] 匕首, 合口, 合い口: a specific type of dagger with no crossguard, where the hilt fits directly against the opening of the scabbard, often kept concealed in one's clothing Alternative spellings 合い口, 匕首

(This term, 合口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)