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口腔 (kǒu qiāng) — oral cavity

Definition

口腔 refers to the physical oral cavity (mouth, as a body part or anatomical term). 口头, by contrast, means 'oral/verbal' in the sense of spoken rather than written, and does not refer to a body part.

noun
oral cavity

Examples

  • 口腔。
    Měi tiān shuā yá kě yǐ bǎo chí kǒu qiāng qīng jié.
    Brushing your teeth every day can keep the oral cavity clean.
  • 口腔。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ jiǎn chá kǒu qiāng.
    The doctor recommended I check my oral cavity.
  • 口腔。
    kǒu qiāng Jiàn kāng duì quán shēn dōu hěn zhòng yào.
    Oral cavity health is very important for the whole body.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

口kǒumouth
腔qiāngcavity

口 means mouth and 腔 means cavity, together naming the mouth cavity.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Open 口 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

Open 腔 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Body Parts

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