淌口水
tǎng kǒu shuǐ · to let saliva dribble from the mouth; to slobber
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 淌口水
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
水shuǐsurname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
水果shuǐguǒfruit; CL:個|个[ge4]
门口ménkǒudoorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)