HSK 4 · Places

入口 rùkǒu “entrance” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 入口 means

  1. entrance
  2. to import

How to say 入口

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale入rù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale口kǒu3rd tone, dipping

入口 in a sentence

  1. 博物馆的入口在哪？

    Bówùguǎn de rùkǒu zài nǎ?

    Where’s the entrance to the museum?

    Sentence #382890 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有其他入口了。

    Méiyǒu qítā rùkǒu le.

    There’s no other way in.

    Sentence #9409442 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请在建筑的入口处等我。

    Qǐng zài jiànzhù de rùkǒuchù děng wǒ.

    Please wait for me at the entrance to the building.

    Sentence #1426560 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 入口 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 入 (rù) drawn as one shape
入rùto enter; to go into

入 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 入口

入 2 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.

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

Words related to 入口

Words with 入

入rù · to enter收入shōurù · income进入jìnrù · to enter加入jiārù · to join投入tóurù · to put in输入shūrù · to input陷入xiànrù · to fall into

Words with 口

门口ménkǒu · doorway口kǒu · mouth路口lùkǒu · intersection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可口kěkǒu · tasty

More words: Places & Directions

地址dìzhǐ · address郊区jiāoqū · suburban district加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)首都shǒudū · capital (city)卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom亚洲Yàzhōu · Asia长城Chángchéng · the Great Wall

FAQs

入口 (rùkǒu) means “entrance” or “to import”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rùkǒu: rù with a 4th tone, then kǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 入口 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rukou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 入口 from the suggestions. Typing rukou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
入口 is an HSK 4 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.