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窟

kū

Character

What 窟 means

1. cave
2. hole

Example sentences

• 狡兔三窟。
  Jiǎotùsānkū.
  A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
• 汤姆住在贫民窟里。
  Tāngmǔ zhù zài pínmínkū lǐ.
  Tom lives in a slum.
• 墨西哥有很多贫民窟。
  There are many slums in Mexico.
• 在墨西哥有很多贫民窟。
  Zài Mòxīgē yǒu hěn duō pínmínkū.
  There are many shantytowns in Mexico.
• 你如果看过贫穷国家的贫民窟，就会觉得自己其实没那么穷。那些贫民窟的居民也是人。
  If you ever saw the slums in the poor countries, you would feel that you're really not so poor. Those slum dwellers are human, too.

Words starting with 窟

• 窟窿kū longhole; pocket; cavity
• 窟臀kū túnbuttocks (dialect)
• 窟窿眼kū long yǎnsmall hole

Words containing 窟

• 石窟shí kūrock cave; grotto; cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
• 洞窟dòng kūa cave
• 贫民窟pín mín kūslum housing
• 莫高窟Mò gāo kūMogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
• 魔窟mó kūlit. nest of devils; place occupied by sinister forces
• 吴哥窟Wú gē kūAngkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
• 销金窟xiāo jīn kūmoney squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)
• 云冈石窟Yún gāng Shí kūYungang Caves at Datong 大同, Shanxi 山西
• 龙门石窟Lóng mén Shí kūLongmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛阳
• 麦积山石窟Mài jī Shān Shí kūMt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu
• 敦煌石窟Dūn huáng shí kūDunhuang caves in Gansu; refers to Mogao caves 莫高石窟
• 四大石窟sì dà shí kūthe four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟
• 狡兔三窟jiǎo tù sān kūlit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall…

Characters that look like 窟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 詹zhān(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 寞mòlonesome
• 窖jiàocellar; to store in a cellar
• 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 雳lìused in 霹雳

Sounds the same

Read kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哭to cry; to weep
• 枯(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• 骷used in 骷髅
• 堀cave; hole
• 刳to cut open; rip up; scoop out
• 矻used in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù
• 圐used in 圐圙
• 跍to squat