Word information
Simplified进口
Traditional進口
Pinyinjìnkǒu
Part of speech动
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05
Chinese word dictionary
进口
jìnkǒu · to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
Character breakdown
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口kǒu
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
进来jìnláito come in
进去jìnqùto go in
门口ménkǒudoorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)