上口 [－－]

Jyutping soeng5 hau2
Pinyin shàng kǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be able to read aloud fluently
  2. to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    suitable for reading aloud; easy to read; euphonious
  2. adj
    able to read aloud fluently
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    苹果在发售日期和价格上口风仍然很紧。
    蘋果在發售日期和價格上口風仍然很緊。
    píng guǒ zài fā shòu rì qī hé jià gé shàng kǒu fēng réng rán hěn jǐn 。
    • Apple is still very secretive with regard to the release date and the price.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    可以说那些上口字都是需要初学京剧的人特意学习、逐个加以记忆的字音，虽然多是原来就熟悉的字。所谓“上口”，反为“棘口”了。
    可以説那些上口字都是需要初學京劇的人特意學習、逐個加以記憶的字音，雖然多是原來就熟悉的字。所謂“上口”，反為“棘口”了。
    kě yǐ shuō nà xiē shàng kǒu zì dōu shì xū yào chū xué jīng jù de rén tè yì xué xí ， zhú ge jiā yǐ jì yì de zì yīn ， suī rán duō shì yuán lái jiù shú xī de zì ． suǒ wèi “ shàng kǒu ” ， fǎn wèi “ jí kǒu ” le ．
    • We can say that those characters with traditional operatic pronunciations have pronunciations that have to be deliberately learned and memorized one by one by beginners in Peking opera even though most of them are originally familiar characters. The so-called "easy to read" characters have instead become "hard to read".
  2. Mandarin
    拿上口字来说，脸读如俭。
    拿上口字來説，臉讀如儉。
    ná shàng kǒu zì lái shuō ， liǎn dú rú jiǎn ．
    • Taking characters with traditional operatic pronunciations as an example, 臉 is read as 儉 (jiǎn).
  3. Mandarin
    上口字与相邻的字连念感到别扭时，可以不上口。
    上口字與相鄰的字連念感到彆扭時，可以不上口。
    shàng kǒu zì yǔ xiāng lín de zì lián niàn gǎn dào biè niu shí ， kě yǐ bù shàng kǒu ．
    • When the pronunciation of characters with traditional operatic pronunciations and that of the adjacent characters cause awkwardness when read in sequence, it is not necessary to use the traditional pronunciation.