窍 (竅) qiào

  1. qiào noun hole; opening; orifice
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 孔穴 (CC-CEDICT '竅'; Guoyu '竅' n 1; Kroll 2015 '竅' 1, p. 366; Mathews 1931 '竅', p. 102; Unihan '竅'; XHZD '竅' 1, p. 603)
  2. qiào noun orifice in the body
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Ears, eyes, nose, and mouth (CC-CEDICT '竅'; Guoyu '竅' n 2)
  3. qiào noun a method; a knack
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方法 (Guoyu '竅' n 3; XHZD '竅' 2, p. 603)
  4. qiào verb to bear the weight of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 承载 (Guoyu '竅' v)
  5. qiào verb to bore [a hole]; to dig
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '竅' 1a, p. 366)
  6. qiào noun intelligence; the mind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '竅', p. 102)

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