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口水

saliva

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kou3shui3 • kǒushuǐ

Meaning

Primary

saliva

Alternatives

spit

Mnemonic

The 水 water of the 口 mouth is called 口水 saliva.

Usage

見 了 那麼 多 吃 的, 他 直流 口水。

Seeing that much food, his mouth watered.

流口水

to drool

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