口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
口语
kǒuyǔ
spoken language
Characters in this word
语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我的口语很好。 Wǒ de kǒu yǔ hěn hǎo. My speaking is very good.
- 他练口语。 Tā liàn kǒu yǔ. He practices speaking.
- 口语课很有趣。 Kǒu yǔ kè hěn yǒu qù. The speaking class is very interesting.