# 脱口而出 (tuōkǒu'érchū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 脱口而出 (tuōkǒu'érchū) means “to blurt out”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to blurt out
- Pinyin: tuōkǒu'érchū (tuo1 kou3 er2 chu1)
- Traditional: 脫口而出
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他想都没想就脱口而出。
  Tā xiǎng dōu méi xiǎng jiù tuōkǒu'érchū.
  He blurted out the answer without thinking.

## Characters

- [脱](https://hanziro.com/word/tuo-take-off/) (tuō): to take off; to escape
- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [出](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-go-out/) (chū): to go out; to come out

https://hanziro.com/word/tuo-kou-er-chu-blurt-out/

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