窍门 meaning and pronunciation

窍门
Simplified word
竅門
Traditional word

窍门 English definition

qiào mén

  • a trick
  • an ingenious method
  • know-how
  • the knack (of doing sth)

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Characters

  • (qiào): aperture; hole
  • (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);