粵

口hau2齒ci2

simp口齿
hau2 ci2kǒu chǐ

English

  1. mouth and teeth
  2. (noun) 1. ability of speaking; (slang) promise
  3. enunciation
  4. to articulate
  5. diction
  6. age (of cattle, horses etc)
  7. ability to enunciate; ability to speak
  8. trustworthiness

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 講嘢嘅能力同技巧
  2. 即係信用,講過嘅嘢算數

Examples

  • Tom 好有口齒。

    Tom always keeps his promises.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 她口齿伶俐。

    She has a fluent tongue.

    Tatoeba · maxine CC BY

  • 口齒伶俐

    to be fluent and clever in speaking; to be fluent and eloquent ----

  • 做人要有口齒!

    One has to keep one's words.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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