竅 (hiu3) — aperture; cave; hole in Cantonese
hiu˗₃竅简 窍
Mandarin Pinyin: qiao4
Meaning of 竅
nounaperture; cave; hole
nounknack; key; trick
Example Sentences with 竅
老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成go˗₃個janˎ₄人mouˏ₅冇zoˊ²咗samˉ¹心kiu˗₃竅。
He acted like he'd lost his mind.
neiˏ₅你gam˗₃咁gong2,講，ngoˏ₅我zungˍ₆仲samˉ¹心kiu˗₃竅。
When you say that, I still feel it.
keoiˏ₅佢soˎ₄傻zo2,咗，mouˏ₅冇saai˗₃晒samˉ¹心kiu˗₃竅。
He's gone crazy, completely out of his mind.
beiˊ²俾cinˊ²錢zauˍ₆就hoiˉ¹開tungˉ¹通samˉ¹心kiu˗₃竅。
Money makes things happen, opens up the mind.
Words Containing 竅
竅門兒hiu3 mun4 ji4
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing something)
心竅sam1 hiu3
recognition; clear minded
竅門hiu3 mun4
the secret to a technique
色迷心竅sik1 mai4 sam1 hiu3
be bewitched by sex; be entranced by sex
度竅dok6 kiu2
to devise tricks for a solution (also 度橋)
七竅生煙cat1 hiu3 sang1 jin1
extremely angry (lit., "smoke coming out from 7 facial openings: two eyes, two ears, nose (two holes), one mouth") | also 七孔生煙
開竅hoi1 hiu3
enlighten
通竅tung1 hiu3
understand things; be sensible or reasonable
訣竅kyut3 hiu2
knack; trick; method | Also [國] 秘訣；竅門 [粵] 計；絕世好橋；橋
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