竅門

See also: 窍门

Chinese

		intelligence; opening	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (竅門)		竅	門
simp. (窍门)		窍	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàomén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu³ mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiàu-bûn / khiàu-mn̂g / khiàu-mûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàomén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàomén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-mên²
  - Yale: chyàu-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiawmen
  - Palladius: цяомэнь (cjaomɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    撬門／撬门
    竅門／窍门
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竅門兒／窍门儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàoménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàoménr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chyàu-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiawmel
  - Palladius: цяомэньр (cjaomɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hiu³ mun⁴
  - Yale: hiu mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hiu³ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hiu³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯³³ muːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàu-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: khiàu-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiao'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàu-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: khiàu-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaomngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàu-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: khiàu-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaomuii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ¹³/

Noun

竅門

trick (to doing something); tip; knack; ingenious method; key; skill

Synonyms

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主意
作法 (zuòfǎ)
做法 (zuòfǎ)
卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
對策／对策 (duìcè)
工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
措施 (cuòshī)
方式 (fāngshì)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
法子 (colloquial)
法度 (Hokkien)
渠道 (qúdào)
竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
路子 (lùzi)
路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
途徑／途径 (tújìng)
進路／进路 (jìnlù)
道理 (dàolǐ)
道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
門路／门路 (ménlù)
門道／门道 (méndao)
門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)