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口吃

kǒuchī

to stutter; stammer

A person covers the mouth while a friend listens patiently
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Characters in this word

口 kǒu

Strokes
3
Radical
口 — mouth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

吃 chī

Strokes
6
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 乞 to beg
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 童年时期的口吃经历让他对语言教育格外敏感。 Tóngnián shíqī de kǒuchī jīnglì ràng tā duì yǔyán jiàoyù géwài mǐngǎn. His childhood experience of stuttering made him particularly sensitive to language education.
  • 他小时候有点口吃,说话总是慢慢的。 Tā xiǎo shíhou yǒudiǎn kǒuchī, shuōhuà zǒngshì mànmàn de. He stuttered a little as a child and always spoke slowly.
  • 一紧张,她就会口吃,说不出完整的句子。 Yì jǐnzhāng, tā jiù huì kǒuchī, shuō bù chū wánzhěng de jùzi. When she gets nervous she stutters and cannot say a full sentence.

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