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满口

滿口
mǎnkǒu
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 a full mouth of
  2. 2 talking nothing but (lies, dialect, jargon)
  3. 3 readily; without reservation (of agreeing)

Examples

HSK 3
爷爷八十岁了，还有满口好牙。
Yéye bāshí suì le, hái yǒu mǎnkǒu hǎo yá.
Grandpa is eighty and still has a full set of good teeth.
HSK 4
她满口答应下周还钱，可到现在一分钱也没还。
Tā mǎnkǒu dāying xiàzhōu huán qián, kě dào xiànzài yì fēn qián yě méi huán.
She readily promised to pay the money back next week, but so far she hasn't paid back a cent.
HSK 7-9
他满口谎话，谁也不信他。
Tā mǎnkǒu huǎnghuà, shéi yě bú xìn tā.
He's full of lies; nobody believes him.

Tips

usage
满口 + a way of talking means someone talks like that all the time: 满口脏话 (swearing constantly), 满口京腔 (with a thick Beijing accent). 满口答应 often hints that the promise may not be kept.

Stroke Order

满 mǎn
口 kǒu