口子 kǒuzi hole
hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; measure word for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent
How to remember 口子: 口 mouth (Kangxi radical 30) + 子 child = hole.
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How it is used
- Colloquial for 'an opening / cut / gap / tear' - 衣服划了个口子 (yīfu huá le ge kǒuzi) a tear in the clothes, 手上有个口子 a cut on the hand.
- Also 决口 (a breach in a dyke) and figuratively 开口子 (kāi kǒuzi) 'to make an exception / open a loophole'. Note toneless 子.