qiào
Traditional: 竅
窍 (qiào) is a Chinese word meaning “hole; opening; orifice (of the human body)”.
Meanings
- 1hole
- 2opening
- 3orifice (of the human body)
- 4(fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
Related words
诀窍secret一窍不通lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)窍门a trick开窍to get it straight鬼迷心窍to be obsessed心窍the mind七窍the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth财迷心窍mad about money (idiom)七窍生烟lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)不开窍unable to understand九窍nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)灵魂出窍out-of-body experience