对口

對口

duìkǒu

adjective #34,144

Meanings

1 matching / well-matched (esp. for a job that fits one's training)
2 (of two performers) speaking or singing alternately
3 (of food) suiting one's taste

Characters

matching / facing

mouth / opening

Examples

这份工作和我的专业很对口。

Zhè fèn gōngzuò hé wǒ de zhuānyè hěn duìkǒu.

This job is a perfect match for my major.

他们俩说对口相声非常默契。

Tāmen liǎ shuō duìkǒu xiàngsheng fēicháng mòqì.

The two of them have great chemistry doing dialogue-style cross-talk.

Tips

usage

Three common senses to keep apart: (1) job-fit — 专业对口 (your job matches your major) is huge in Chinese career talk; (2) performance-pair — 对口相声 (duìkǒu xiàngsheng) is the two-person form of 相声 cross-talk comedy; (3) palate-fit — 这道菜很对口 means 'this dish suits my taste'.

memory

对 = 'matched' + 口 = 'mouth / opening'. The two openings line up — whether two mouths trading lines, or a slot lining up with the right peg.

Stroke Order

对 duì

口 kǒu