小口

Chinese

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(小口)

Pronunciation


Noun

小口

  1. small mouth
    櫻桃小口樱桃小口   yīngtáo xiǎokǒu   a small cherry-like mouth
  2. small opening, small entrance, aperture
  3. container with a small opening
  4. child; minor
  5. (Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) snack

Synonyms

Adjective

小口

  1. (Southern Min) eating little, eating like a bird
    小口 [Hokkien, trad.]
    小口 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I chin sió-kháu, chia̍h pòaⁿ óaⁿ pn̄g tō pá--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He eats very little; he was already full after eating half a bowl of rice.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (ko, small, little) + (kuchi, mouth).

Noun

()(ぐち) • (koguchi) 

  1. small lot, small sum, small amount
  2. end, edge, cut end, beginning
  3. clue
  4. section
  5. (printing, of a page) the outside margin, whichever vertical margin that is farther from the spine of the book
    Antonym:
    Hypernym: マージン
Derived terms
  • 小口扱(こぐちあつか) (koguchiatsukai): small lot consignment
  • 小口現金(こぐちげんきん) (koguchi genkin): petty cash
  • 小口径(しょうこうけい) (shōkōkei): small caliber

Proper noun

()(ぐち) • (Koguchi) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (o, small, little) + (kuchi, mouth).

Proper noun

()(ぐち) • (Oguchi) 

  1. a surname
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