窥
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to peep; to pry into
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How 窥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
穴 (semantic, “hole”) + 规 (phonetic, guī)
How to remember it
peep · Heisig RSH #2356
规 regulations + 穴 hole
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 窥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目不窥园 | mù bù kuī yuán | lit. not even peek at the garden; fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom) |
| 管窥所及 | guǎn kuī suǒ jí | in my humble opinion |
| 内窥镜 | nèi kuī jìng | endoscope |
| 管中窥豹 | guǎn zhōng kuī bào | lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture |
| 窥豹一斑 | kuī bào yī bān | lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view |
| 管窥 | guǎn kuī | to look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view |
| 窥见 | kuī jiàn | to catch a glimpse of |
| 窥知 | kuī zhī | to find out about; to discover |
| 窥视 | kuī shì | to peep at; to spy on; to peek |
| 窥望 | kuī wàng | to peep; to spy on |
| 一窥端倪 | yī kuī duān ní | to infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue |
| 偷窥狂 | tōu kuī kuáng | voyeur; peeping tom |
| 窥探 | kuī tàn | to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimp… |
| 偷窥 | tōu kuī | to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur |
| 窥豹 | kuī bào | lit. to see one spot on a leopard; fig. a restricted view |
| 觑窥 | qù kuī | to peep at |
| 窥伺 | kuī sì | to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity) |