Usage of the character 竅
qiào
窍
[竅]
- hole
- opening
- orifice (of the human body)
- (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
qiàomén
窍门
[竅門]
- a trick
- an ingenious method
- know-how
- the knack (of doing sth)
xīnqiào
心窍
[心竅]
- the mind
- capacity for clear thinking
jiǔqiào
九窍
[九竅]
- nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
juéqiào
诀窍
[訣竅]
- secret
- trick
- knack
- key
kāiqiào
开窍
[開竅]
- to get it straight
- to start to understand things properly
- enlightenment dawns
qīqiào
七窍
[七竅]
- the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
qiàoménr
窍门儿
[竅門兒]
- a trick
- an ingenious method
- know-how
- the knack (of doing sth)
bùkāiqiào
不开窍
[不開竅]
- unable to understand
- can't get the point
qīqiàoshēngyān
七窍生烟
[七竅生煙]
- lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
- fig. to seethe with anger
yīqiàobùtōng
一窍不通
[一竅不通]
- lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
- I don't understand a word (idiom)
- it's all Greek to me
cáimíxīnqiào
财迷心窍
[財迷心竅]
- mad about money (idiom)
línghúnchūqiào
灵魂出窍
[靈魂出竅]
- out-of-body experience
guǐmíxīnqiào
鬼迷心窍
[鬼迷心竅]
- to be obsessed
- to be possessed