借口 jièkǒu▶ Lời xin lỗi; viện cớ

Stroke order

借口 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 借 — 10 strokes
• 口 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. to use as an excuse
2. excuse; pretext

Related words

• 人口dân số
• 出口Lối ra; Thoát
• 口味Hương vị; Mùi vị
• 胃口Sự thèm ăn; khẩu vị
• 进口Nhập khẩu
• 借助với sự giúp đỡ của

借口 is pronounced jièkǒu and means “Lời xin lỗi; viện cớ”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 借口 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.