口头 (kǒutóu) means Verbally (oral). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
考试分 口头 和笔试两部分。
Kǎoshì fēn kǒutóu hé bǐshì liǎng bùfen.
The exam is divided into an oral and a written part.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 口头
他只是 口头 答应,没有签字。
Tā zhǐshì kǒutóu dāying, méiyǒu qiānzì.
He only agreed verbally and did not sign.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 口头
口头 同意还不够,要有书面材料。
Kǒutóu tóngyì hái bú gòu, yào yǒu shūmiàn cáiliào.
Verbal agreement is not enough; written documentation is needed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 书面
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Questions about 口头
How is 口头 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 口头 (kǒutóu, "Verbally (oral)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 口头 an HSK word?
Yes — 口头 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 口头?
The dictionary page for 口头 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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