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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 窍门

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
窍门 qiào mén - a trick
- an ingenious method
- know-how
- the knack (of doing sth)

List Ranking for: 窍门

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 14,288 22,712 12,873

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
窍 qiào- hole
- opening
- orifice (of the human body)
- (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
门 mén- surname Men
门 mén- gate
- door
- CL:扇[shan4]
- gateway
- doorway
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- opening
- valve
- switch
- way to do something
- knack
- family
- house
- (religious) sect
- school (of thought)
- class
- category
- phylum or division (taxonomy)
- classifier for large guns
- classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
- (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Other Words Containing 窍门

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
窍门 - 7 14,288 22,712 12,873