口齒〔-齿〕 hau² ci² {kǒu chǐ}

(noun) 1. ability of speaking; (slang) promise

口齒〔-齿〕 hau² ci² {kǒu chǐ}

1. mouth and teeth
2. enunciation
3. to articulate
4. diction
5. age (of cattle, horses etc)

口齒不清〔-齿--〕 hau² ci² bat¹ cing¹ {kǒu chǐ bù qīng}

1. to lisp
2. unclear articulation
3. inarticulate

口齒清楚〔-齿--〕 hau² ci² cing¹ co² {kǒu chǐ qīng chu}

1. clear diction
2. clear articulation

口齒伶俐〔-齿--〕 hau² ci² ling⁴ lei⁶ {kǒu chǐ líng lì}

1. eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence
2. the gift of the gab

口齒生香〔-齿--〕 hau² ci² sang¹ hoeng¹ {kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng}

eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text