Definition
插口 is a verb-object separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to break in, interrupt, or chip in' during a conversation. It can be split into 插…口, e.g. 插不上口 ('can't get a word in'). Note that the same characters also form a noun meaning 'socket' (插座), but this entry covers only the verb sense; the noun sense belongs to a separate noun entry.
v.o.
to break into interruptto chip in (during a conversation)
Examples
- 插口。Qǐng bú yào zài biérén shuōhuà shí suíbiàn chā kǒu.Please don't casually interrupt when others are speaking.
- ，。Dàjiā dōu shuō de hěn kuài, wǒ chā bú shàng kǒu.Everyone was talking so fast that I couldn't get a word in.
- 插口。Zhège huìyì yǔnxǔ dàjiā suíshí chā kǒu tíwèn.This meeting allows everyone to interrupt at any time to ask questions.
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