口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
口头
kǒutóu
oral, verbal; superficial
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他只是口头答应了，还没有写下来。 Tā zhǐshì kǒutóu dāying le, hái méiyǒu xiě xiàlái. He only agreed verbally; he hasn't written it down yet.
- 考试包括笔试和口头两部分。 Kǎoshì bāokuò bǐshì hé kǒutóu liǎng bùfen. The exam consists of two parts: written and oral.
- 通知是口头的，没有正式文件。 Tōngzhī shì kǒutóu de, méiyǒu zhèngshì wénjiàn. The notice was given verbally; there is no official document.