Usage of the character 窟
kū
窟
[窟]
- cave
- hole
kūtún
窟臀
[窟臀]
- buttocks (dialect)
mókū
魔窟
[魔窟]
- lit. nest of devils
- place occupied by sinister forces
kūlong
窟窿
[窟窿]
- hole
- cavity
- loophole
- debt
shíkū
石窟
[石窟]
- rock cave
- grotto
- cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
dòngkū
洞窟
[洞窟]
- a cave
Mògāokū
莫高窟
[莫高窟]
- Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
kūlongyǎn
窟窿眼
[窟窿眼]
- small hole
Wúgēkū
吴哥窟
[吳哥窟]
- Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
xiāojīnkū
销金窟
[銷金窟]
- money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)
pínmínkū
贫民窟
[貧民窟]
- slum housing
jiǎotùsānkū
狡兔三窟
[狡兔三窟]
- lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
- a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
Lóngmén Shíkū
龙门石窟
[龍門石窟]
- Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽／洛阳 ( Luòyáng), Henan
sìdàshíkū
四大石窟
[四大石窟]
- the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟／龙门石窟 ( Lóngmén Shíkū) at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟／云冈石窟 ( Yúngāng Shíkū) at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟 ( Mògāokū) at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟／麦积山石窟 ( Màijī Shān Shíkū) at Tianshui, Gansu
Dūnhuángshíkū
敦煌石窟
[敦煌石窟]
- Dunhuang caves in Gansu
- refers to Mogao caves 莫高石窟 ( Mògāoshíkū)
Yúngāng Shíkū
云冈石窟
[雲岡石窟]
- Yungang Caves at Datong 大同, Shanxi 山西
Màijī Shān Shíkū
麦积山石窟
[麥積山石窟]
- Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu