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kuī

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kuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuī | kui1
English translation
to peep, to spy on, to watch

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About kuī

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

kuī

Contains the radical

xué

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hole

Etymology of kuī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

穴规

Semantic compound

xué

Phonetic compound

guī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and guī represents the sound. Simplified form of kuī .

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Example sentences using kuī

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Xiàng 炉子 lú zi 窥视 kuī shì , xiǎng 看看 kàn kan 里面 lǐ miàn de 馅饼 xiàn bǐng 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng hōng hǎo le .

He peeked into the oven at a pie baking there.

皮特 zài 他家外面 wài miàn 种上 le 高大 gāo dà de 树以阻止 zǔzhǐ 人们 rén men 窥探 kuī tàn

Pitt planted tall trees outside his home to block rubberneckers.

看见 kànjiàn zài Jīn de 宾馆 bīnguǎn 房间 fángjiān 周围 zhōuwéi 窥探 kuī tàn de 那个 nà ge rén 正是 zhèng shì 里卡多

Ricardo was the one she'd seen snooping around Kim's hotel room.

通过 tōngguò 篷车 péng chē 帘子 lián zi de 破洞 pò dòng 窥视 kuī shì

I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.

Words with kuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
偷窥 tōu kuī to peep偷窺
kuī to peep kuī
窥视 kuī shì to peep at窺視
窥探 kuī tàn to snoop窺探
内窥镜 nèi kuī jìng endoscope內窺鏡
窥伺 kuī sì to spy upon窺伺
管窥 guǎn kuī to have a restricted view管窺
管中窥豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture管中窺豹
窥望 kuī wàng to peep窺望
窥豹一斑 kuī bào yī bān lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view窺豹一斑

kuī Decomposition & Compounds

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