HSK 6 · Food

可口 kěkǒu “tasty” in Chinese

Said as kékǒu

Same in Traditional

What 可口 means

  1. tasty
  2. delicious
  3. to taste good

How to say 可口

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale可kě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

Said as kékǒu. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

可口 in a sentence

  1. 这些菜又便宜又可口。

    Zhèxiē cài yòu piányi yòu kěkǒu.

    These dishes are cheap and tasty.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 妈妈做的饭菜很可口。

    Māma zuò de fàncài hěn kěkǒu.

    Mum’s cooking is delicious.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 可口 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 可 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
可kěcan; may; able to; -able
  • 丁part of the characterMeaning part
  • 口mouth · kǒuSound part

Memory aidPicture a mouth 口 saying yes: can, may.

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.

How to write 可口

可 5 strokes · 口 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 可口

Words with 可

可以kěyǐ · can可能kěnéng · maybe可kě · but可爱kě'ài · cute可怜kělián · pitiful可惜kěxī · it is a pity可是kěshì · but可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

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

More words: Food & Dining

煎jiān · to pan-fry搅拌jiǎobàn · to stir佳肴jiāyáo · fine dish咀嚼jǔjué · to chew狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyàn · to wolf down (food)烹饪pēngrèn · cooking品尝pǐncháng · to taste清真qīngzhēn · halal

FAQs

可口 (kěkǒu) means “tasty” or “delicious”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěkǒu: kě with a 3rd tone, then kǒu with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like kékǒu. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 可口 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kekou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 可口 from the suggestions. Typing kekou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
可口 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.