Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

改口

gǎikǒu

ㄍㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ

  1. 1to change one's tune
  2. 2to modify one's previous remark
  3. 3to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
Example

你不改口的話,我明天就來等你了。

nǐ bù gǎikǒu dehuà wǒ míngtiān jiù lái děng nǐ le

I'll expect you tomorrow unless you let me know otherwise.

Keep 改口 and it comes back until you know it.

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