脱 tuō
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脱口而出
tuōkǒu'érchū
to blurt out; to say without thinking
Characters in this word
口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
而 ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 而 — and, and then, and yet
出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 记者刚提出问题，他就把真实想法脱口而出，随后才意识到不妥。 Jìzhě gāng tíchū wèntí, tā jiù bǎ zhēnshí xiǎngfǎ tuōkǒu'érchū, suíhòu cái yìshí dào bùtuǒ. As soon as the reporter asked the question, he blurted out his real thoughts and only afterwards realised it was inappropriate.
- 她太紧张了，答案脱口而出，结果说错了。 Tā tài jǐnzhāng le, dá'àn tuōkǒu'érchū, jiéguǒ shuō cuò le. She was so nervous that the answer blurted out, and she got it wrong.
- 这些句子天天念，考试时自然就能脱口而出。 Zhèxiē jùzi tiāntiān niàn, kǎoshì shí zìrán jiù néng tuōkǒu'érchū. If you read these sentences every day, they will come out on the exam without thinking.
Related words
- 摆脱 bǎituō to get rid of; to break free from
- 脱 tuō to take off
- 脱离 tuōlí to break away from; to leave
- 解脱 jiětuō to free oneself; liberation; release
- 脱节 tuōjié to become disconnected; to be out of touch
- 脱落 tuōluò to fall off; to come loose
- 脱身 tuōshēn to get away; to extricate oneself
- 脱颖而出 tuōyǐng'érchū to stand out from the crowd
- 口 kǒu mouth; measure word for family members
- 路口 lùkǒu intersection, crossing
- 门口 ménkǒu doorway, entrance
- 出口 chūkǒu exit