xìn kǒu kāi hédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
variant of 信口開河|信口开河[xìn kǒu kāi hé]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

信口開合 信口开合 [xin4 kou3 kai1 he2] /variant of 信口開河|信口开河[xin4 kou3 kai1 he2]/

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Other forms in these source records: 信口開合

  • 信
    xìn

    letter / mail / CL:封[fēng] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

  • 口
    kǒu

    mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 合
    gě

    100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

    hé

    to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale

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