# 口音 (kǒuyin)

In Mandarin Chinese, 口音 (kǒuyin) means “accent; voice”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: accent; voice
- Pinyin: kǒuyin (kou3 yin5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Other readings: kǒuyīn — (linguistics) oral speech sounds

## Examples

- 他说话带一点南方口音。
  Tā shuōhuà dài yīdiǎn nánfāng kǒuyin.
  He speaks with a slight southern accent.

## Characters

- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- 音 (yīn): sound; noise

https://hanziro.com/word/kou-yin-accent/

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