Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 孔

surname Kong

hole
CL:個／个 (gè)
classifier for cave dwellings

(loanword) condom

peafowl; peacock

jack
socket

urgent
numerous

pupil (of the eye)

to punch a hole

Confucian temple

pore (geology)

bunghole

air-bubble
pore
stoma

hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone

diameter of hole

Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)

sweat pore

aperture
hole
cavity

mesh

an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore)

keyhole

nostril
CL:隻／只 (zhī)

Confucius

to offer sacrifices to Confucius

to punch a hole; to perforate
(medicine) perforation

(of a musical instrument) blow hole

opening providing access
the teaching of Confucius

small hole in an object

manhole

round hole

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子 ( Kǒngfūzǐ)

Teaching of Confucius
Confucianism

(literary) valorous

face

bullet hole

hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)

to widen a tube
to ream (i.e. widen a hole)

face

Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher

slot
groove
slotted hole

Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period

pore

hole

see 心竅／心窍 (xīnqiào)

porous

perforations (on a postage stamp)

Confucius and Mencius

the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth

pinhole

the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty

courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮／诸葛亮 ( Zhūgě Liàng)

abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)

to bore a hole
to drill
drilled hole

plughole
drainage hole

an airvent
a louvre
airflow orifice

kǒngfāngxiōng

(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)

Peacock River in Xinjiang

tōngfēngkǒng

air vent
louvre

microporous membrane

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子 ( Kǒngzǐ)

Pavo (constellation)

bleed hole
overflow pipe
spill vent

an air vent
a ventilation shaft

yǒukǒngchóng

foraminifera

(computing) punch card

kǒngmíngdēng

sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)

hole puncher

hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)

Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar

auger
drill

(bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

(Tw) grommet

porous
having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)

Kǒngshèngrén

the Sage Confucius

fāngkǒngqián

round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China

see 九孔 (jiǔkǒng)

Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅／鲁迅 ( Lǔ Xùn)

sweat pore

pore

peephole

Kǒng Shàngrèn

Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇 ( Táohuā Shàn)

(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family

the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅／王肃 ( Wáng Sù)

Kǒngsībèigé

Kongsberg (city in Norway)

Kǒngzǐ Xuéyuàn

Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture

kǒngwǔyǒulì

courageous and strong (idiom)
Herculean (physique etc)

duōkǒngdòngwù

Porifera (phylum of sponges)

qiānchuāngbǎikǒng

see 百孔千瘡／百孔千疮 (bǎikǒngqiānchuāng)

wúkǒngbùzuān

lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity

bǎikǒngqiānchuāng

heavily damaged
(fig.) full of holes
riddled with problems

yàoshidòngkǒng

keyhole

Kǒngquè Wángcháo

Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)

kǒngbǎnyìnshuā

screen printing

Shíqīkǒng Qiáo

Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園／颐和园 ( Yíhéyuán), Beijing

Kǒng Róngrànglí

Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 ( Kǒng Róng) picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty

xièzhígāngkǒng

cloaca (of bird or reptile)

Kǒng Mèngzhīdào

the teaching of Confucius and Mencius

yīkǒngzhījiàn

partial view; limited outlook

zhìkǒngshànbèi

Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop

Qūfù Kǒngmiào

temple to Confucius in his hometown Qufu

Kǒngzǐ Jiāyǔ

The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects
abbr. to 家語／家语 ( Jiāyǔ)

huīkǒngquèzhì

(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)

duōkǒngdòngwùmén

多孔动物门

[多孔動物門]

(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)

zhēnkǒngshèyǐngjī

针孔摄影机

[針孔攝影機]

pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc)

dǐqīyǒukǒngchóng

底栖有孔虫

[底棲有孔蟲]

benthic foraminifera

Hǎinánkǒngquèzhì

海南孔雀雉

[海南孔雀雉]

(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)

jīkǒngkěnyǎrè

基孔肯雅热

[基孔肯雅熱]

chikungunya fever

shèngxián Kǒngzǐniǎo

圣贤孔子鸟

[聖賢孔子鳥]

Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)

yībíkǒngchūqì

一鼻孔出气

[一鼻孔出氣]

lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
to sing from the same hymn sheet