还口

還口
huánkǒu
  1. to retort
  2. to answer back

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 还 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
2 口 kǒu
  1. mouth
  2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Related entries

反驳 fǎnbó
  1. to retort
  2. to refute
他们认为，去反驳一个不认识的人有些不礼貌。

They consider it impolite to disagree with someone they don't know very well.

Source: Tatoeba

还嘴 huánzuǐ
  1. to retort
  2. to answer back
辩难 biànnàn
  1. to debate
  2. to retort
  3. to refute
抗辩 kàngbiàn
  1. to counter accusations
  2. to protest
  3. to remonstrate
  4. to retort
  5. to plead
  6. to demur
  7. a plea (of not guilty)
  8. a defense (against an allegation)
  9. to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
反嘴 fǎnzuǐ
  1. to answer back
  2. to contradict
  3. to renege
  4. to go back on one's word
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