HSK 6 · Body

口腔 kǒuqiāng “oral cavity” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 口腔 means

  1. oral cavity
  2. mouth

How to say 口腔

  • 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腔qiāng1st tone, high and level

口腔 in a sentence

  1. 每天刷牙对口腔健康很重要。

    Měitiān shuāyá duì kǒuqiāng jiànkāng hěn zhòngyào.

    Brushing your teeth every day is important for oral health.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她是一名口腔医生。

    Tā shì yì míng kǒuqiāng yīshēng.

    She’s a dentist.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 口腔 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 腔 (qiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
腔qiāngcavity
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 空hollow · kōngSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 空 (kōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiāng.

How to write 口腔

口 3 strokes · 腔 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 口腔

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: People, Body & Health

饥饿jī'è · hunger疾病jíbìng · disease解剖jiěpōu · to dissect颈椎jǐngzhuī · cervical vertebra临床línchuáng · clinical聋哑lóngyǎ · deaf and mute麻痹mábì · paralysis脉搏màibó · pulse

FAQs

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