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窥

kuī

Character Traditional 窺

What 窥 means

1. to peep
2. to pry into

Other readings

窥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kuīvariant of {窥|kuī}

Example sentences

• 德国将禁止雇主在脸书上偷窥。
  Déguó jiāng jìnzhǐ gùzhǔ zài Liǎnshū shàng tōukuī.
  Germany is to ban employers from snooping on Facebook.
• 孩子啊，不要试图窥探命运，它会导致崇拜与依赖；也不要占星问卜，不要四处施展那驱邪的法术；更不要去了解那种事，这一切都会引起人们狂热的依赖。
  My child, be not an observer of omens, since it leadeth to idolatry, nor a user of spells, nor an astrologer, nor a travelling purifier, nor wish to see these things, for from all these things idolatry ariseth.

Words starting with 窥

• 窥视kuī shìto peep at; to spy on; to peek
• 窥探kuī tànto pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep
• 窥见kuī jiànto catch a glimpse of
• 窥伺kuī sìto spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
• 窥望kuī wàngto peep; to spy on
• 窥知kuī zhīto find out about; to discover
• 窥豹kuī bàolit. to see one spot on a leopard; fig. a restricted view
• 窥豹一斑kuī bào yī bānlit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view

Words containing 窥

• 偷窥tōu kuīto peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
• 管窥guǎn kuīto look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view
• 偷窥狂tōu kuī kuángvoyeur; peeping tom
• 内窥镜nèi kuī jìngendoscope
• 目不窥园mù bù kuī yuánlit. not even peek at the garden; fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)
• 管中窥豹guǎn zhōng kuī bàolit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
• 管窥所及guǎn kuī suǒ jíin my humble opinion
• 觑窥qù kuīto peep at
• 一窥端倪yī kuī duān níto infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue

Characters that look like 窥

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

• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 痘dòupimple; pustule
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 痰tánphlegm; spittle
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子

Sounds the same

Read kuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 亏to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly
• 盔helmet
• 岿high and mighty (of mountain); hilly
• 悝to laugh at
• 刲cut open and clean