kǒu

mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

nounmeasure word HSK 3.0 · Band 1

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他喝了一口茶。

He took a sip of tea.

家里有五口人。

There are five people in my family.