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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with ) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堵* | 堵* | *堵
to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)
HSK 4
leak / hole / gap / loophole
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洞* | 洞* | *洞
cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凿* | 凿* | *凿
(bound form) chisel / to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig / (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
HSK 7-9
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窍* | 窍* | *窍
hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堀* | 堀* | *堀
cave / hole
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穴* | 穴* | *穴
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孔* | 孔* | *孔
hole / CL: 個|个 / classifier for cave dwellings
concave or convex / bumps and holes / uneven (surface) / rugged
to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窟* | 窟* | *窟
cave / hole
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
to punch a hole; to perforate / (medicine) perforation
small hole in an object
round hole
puddle / water hole / sump
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom)
to punch a hole
to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琮* | 琮* | *琮
jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
ear piercing hole; earring hole
hole; hollow; depression / low-lying
diameter of hole
(astronomy) black hole
to dig a hole
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窦* | 窦* | *窦
(literary) hole; aperture / (anatomy) cavity; sinus
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窿* | 窿* | *窿
cavity / hole
bullet hole
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埙* | 埙* | *埙
ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屇* | 屇* | *屇
cave / hole
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埯* | 埯* | *埯
hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble
bullet hole / shell hole
hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *篪* | 篪* | *篪
bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坎* | 坎* | *坎
old variant of / pit / hole
hole in ice / crevasse
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焌* | 焌* | *焌
to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坜* | 坜* | *坜
hole, pit
to bore a hole / to give a forced interpretation
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窬* | 窬* | *窬
hole in a wall
to withdraw / to hole up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *橾* | 橾* | *橾
the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)
aperture / hole / cavity
eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镩* | 镩* | *镩
ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窋* | 窋* | *窋
in a hole
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敜* | 敜* | *敜
to fill up or cover up a hole
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箎* | 箎* | *箎
bamboo flute with 8 holes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竁* | 竁* | *竁
dig a hole
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
male's pee hole
to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臽* | 臽* | *臽
(archaic) pit; hole in the ground / old variant of
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
electron hole (physics)
to drill a hole / drilling
hole due to dental caries
a hole
(golf) hole in one
white hole (cosmology)
plughole / drainage hole
hole puncher
small hole
plughole / drainage hole
hole
membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
porous / having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)
jade disk with a hole in the center
electron hole (physics)
hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
hole in one (golf)
(of a musical instrument) blow hole
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝, with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
hole / pit / pothole
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
slot / groove / slotted hole
bleed hole / overflow pipe / spill vent
shell crater; shell hole
dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty
mouse hole
earhole / ear piercing hole; earring hole

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