窍
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hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
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How 窍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
穴 (semantic, “hole”) + 巧 (phonetic, qiǎo)
Words containing 窍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一窍不通 | yī qiào bù tōng | lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (id… |
| 不开窍 | bù kāi qiào | unable to understand; can't get the point |
| 窍门儿 | qiào mén r | erhua form of 竅門|窍门[qiao4 men2] |
| 七窍生烟 | qī qiào shēng yān | lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger |
| 鬼迷心窍 | guǐ mí xīn qiào | to be obsessed; to be possessed |
| 财迷心窍 | cái mí xīn qiào | mad about money (idiom) |
| 灵魂出窍 | líng hún chū qiào | out-of-body experience |
| 心窍 | xīn qiào | the mind; capacity for clear thinking |
| 开窍 | kāi qiào | to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns |
| 窍门 | qiào mén | a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth) |
| 七窍 | qī qiào | the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
| 九窍 | jiǔ qiào | nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) |
| 诀窍 | jué qiào | secret; trick; knack; key |