khẩu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 口.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəw˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəw˧˨] ~ [xəw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰəw˨˩˦] ~ [xəw˨˩˦]

Noun

khẩu

1. (chiefly in compounds) mouth; opening
2. (colloquial) Short for nhân khẩu (“number of people in a family; population”).
3. Short for cửa khẩu (“checkpoint; border pass”).

Classifier

khẩu

1. Used for mouthfuls and bites.
2. Used for guns and cannons.