"A trick" in Chinese — 窍门 (qiào mén)

窍

门

qiào mén

a trick

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 竅門1 example sentence

Definitions

1a trick
2an ingenious method
3know-how
4the knack (of doing sth)

Stroke order

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窍

门

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄠˋ

qiào

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄣˊ

mén

ㄇ/ mㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

窍门

Simplified

竅門

Traditional

Example sentences

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做好这道菜有一个小窍门。
zuò hǎo zhè dào cài yǒu yí gè xiǎo qiào mén。
There's a little trick to cooking this dish well.

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Related words

门

mén

gate

专门

zhuān mén

specialist

部门

bù mén

department

门口

mén kǒu

doorway

门票

mén piào

ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

出门

chū mén

to go out

大门

dà mén

entrance

上门

shàng mén

to drop in

门诊

mén zhěn

outpatient service

敲门

qiāo mén

to knock on a door

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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A trick in Chinese: 窍门 (qiào mén)