HSK 6 · Verbs

口音 kǒuyīn “accent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 口音 means

  1. accent

How to say 口音

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale音yīn1st tone, high and level

口音 in a sentence

  1. 你说话带口音吗？

    Nǐ shuōhuà dài kǒuyīn ma?

    Do you speak with an accent?

    Sentence #9991939 from Tatoeba

  2. 他说英语有德国口音。

    Tā shuō Yīngyǔ yǒu Déguó kǒuyīn.

    He speaks English with a German accent.

    Sentence #2257007 from Tatoeba

  3. 我有什么口音？

    Wǒ yǒu shénme kǒuyīn?

    What kind of accent do I have?

    Sentence #5595213 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 口音 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 口 (kǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
口kǒumouth
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from an open mouth.

The character 音 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
音yīnsound
  • 立stand · lì
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidOnce written as 言 “speech” with a mark in the mouth: a sound, a note.

How to write 口音

口 3 strokes · 音 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

口音 (kǒuyīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 口音 (kǒuyīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 口音

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth路口lùkǒu · intersection入口rùkǒu · entrance口味kǒuwèi · taste胃口wèikǒu · appetite借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse出口chūkǒu · exit进口jìnkǒu · to import人口rénkǒu · population

Words with 音

音乐yīnyuè · music声音shēngyīn · sound拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)录音lùyīn · to record (sound)音响yīnxiǎng · audio system噪音zàoyīn · noise收音机shōuyīnjī · radio

More words: Thinking & Talking

恐吓kǒnghè · to threaten空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy口气kǒuqì · tone of voice口头kǒutóu · oral唠叨láodao · to nag联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)理睬lǐcǎi · to pay attention to

FAQs

口音 (kǒuyīn) means “accent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kǒuyīn: kǒu with a 3rd tone, then yīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 口音 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kouyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 口音 from the suggestions. Typing kouyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
口音 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.