口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
口音
kǒuyīn
accent
Characters in this word
音 yīn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 音 — sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她的普通话带着轻微口音，却丝毫不影响表达的准确性。 Tā de pǔtōnghuà dài zhe qīngwēi kǒuyīn, què sīháo bù yǐngxiǎng biǎodá de zhǔnquèxìng. Her Mandarin has a slight accent, but it does not affect the accuracy of her expression at all.
- 她说话有一点南方口音，听起来很亲切。 Tā shuōhuà yǒu yìdiǎn nánfāng kǒuyīn, tīng qǐlai hěn qīnqiè. She speaks with a slight southern accent, which sounds warm.
- 他在国外住了很多年，口音都变了。 Tā zài guówài zhù le hěn duō nián, kǒuyīn dōu biàn le. He lived abroad for many years and his accent has even changed.