九窍 jiǔ qiào

the body’s nine openings

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)

Characters

Character Meaning
九 jiǔ HSK 1
nine; 9
窍 qiào HSK 6
hole; opening; (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)