窍

qiào

Definitions

1. hole
2. opening
3. orifice (of the human body)
4. (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

Words Containing 窍

• 窍门 qiào mén: a trick
• 诀窍 jué qiào: secret
• 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng: lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
• 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān: lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
• 七窍 qī qiào: the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
• 不开窍 bù kāi qiào: unable to understand
• 九窍 jiǔ qiào: nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
• 心窍 xīn qiào: the mind
• 财迷心窍 cái mí xīn qiào: mad about money (idiom)
• 开窍 kāi qiào: to get it straight
• 灵魂出窍 líng hún chū qiào: out-of-body experience
• 鬼迷心窍 guǐ mí xīn qiào: to be obsessed