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口音

kǒu yīn · kou yin/kǒu yin · kou yin

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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kǒu yīn 口音

  1. (linguistics) oral speech sounds

kǒu yin 口音

  1. voice
  2. accent
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Do I have an accent?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)中文(zhōngwén)说(shuō)得(de)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)！

    Your Chinese is really good!

  2. Dengdeng

    谢谢(xièxie)！不过(bùguò)我(wǒ)有(yǒu)口音(kǒuyīn)吧(ba)？

    Thanks! But I have an accent, right?

  3. Liangliang

    有(yǒu)一点儿(yīdiǎnr)口音(kǒuyīn)，很(hěn)可爱(kěài)。

    A little accent. It's cute.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)听得出(tīngdechū)我(wǒ)是(shì)哪里(nǎlǐ)人(rén)吗(ma)？

    Can you tell where I'm from?

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)口音(kǒuyīn)，像(xiàng)北京(běijīng)人(rén)。

    Your accent sounds like a Beijing person's.

  6. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，那(nà)是(shì)跟(gēn)你(nǐ)学(xué)的(de)！

    Haha, that's because I learned it from you!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)花(huā)了(le)好(hǎo)长(cháng)时(shí)间(jiān)才(cái)适(shì)应(yìng)了(le)委(wěi)内(nèi)瑞(ruì)拉(lā)的(de)口(kǒu)音(yīn)。

It took a long time for me to get accustomed to the Venezuelan accent.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cindycute · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)说(shuō)话(huà)带(dài)一(yì)点(diǎn)南(nán)方(fāng)口(kǒu)音(yīn)，听(tīng)起(qǐ)来(lái)很(hěn)亲(qīn)切(qiè)。

He speaks with a slight southern accent, which sounds very friendly.

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