# 口水 (kǒushuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 口水 (kǒushuǐ) means “saliva; spit; drool”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: saliva; spit; drool
- Pinyin: kǒushuǐ (kou3 shui3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 看到美食，我差点儿流口水。
  Kàndào měishí, wǒ chàdiǎnr liú kǒushuǐ.
  Seeing the delicious food, I almost drooled.

## Characters

- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water

https://hanziro.com/word/kou-shui-saliva/

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