Chinese Notes

穴 xué

xué noun cave; cavity; hole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '穴'; Guoyu '穴' n 2; Kroll 2015 '穴' 1, p. 521; Unihan '穴')
xué noun Kangxi radical 116
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Hole (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Unihan '穴')
xué noun earth shelter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '穴' n 1)
xué noun a tomb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '穴' n 3; Kroll 2015 '穴' 1b, p. 521)
xué noun a nest; a lair
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '穴' n 4; Kroll 2015 '穴' 2, p. 521)
xué noun a vital part of the body
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Chinese medicine (Guoyu '穴' n 5)
xué verb to excavate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '穴' v; Kroll 2015 '穴' 3, p. 521)
xué noun a narrow view; tunnel vision
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '穴' 1a, p. 521)

Contained in

八会穴(八會穴) the eight influential points (acupuncture)
腧穴 acupuncture point
兽穴(獸穴) animal den
穴播 bunch planting
穴脉(穴脈) node (center of energy); acupuncture point; Chakra
穴头(穴頭) (show business) promoter
坟穴(墳穴) grave
太阳穴(太陽穴) temple (on the sides of human head)
淫穴 pussy
虎穴 a tiger's den
扁穴 tonsil
孔穴 aperture; hole; cavity
穴位 acupuncture point
曲池穴 Quchi acupoint LI11
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴(千里之堤，潰於蟻穴) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike
空穴 electron hole
空穴来风(空穴來風) wind to empty spaces winds fly
八风穴(八風穴) eight wind points, name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
空穴来风未必无因(空穴來風未必無因) wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire
岩穴 grotto; cave
穴居 to live in a cave; (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
结穴(結穴) the main point of a phrase ; favorable location for a grave
经穴(經穴) paths within the body
挖穴 to excavate; to dig out a cave
匪穴 bandit den; rebel stronghold
走穴 (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
墓穴 a tomb
阿是穴 painful point (in acupuncture); ashi point; tender spot
死穴 lethal point (acupuncture); vulnerable spot; Achilles' heel
阴穴(陰穴) cave; vagina
窍穴(竅穴) a hole; an opening
窟穴 a cave ; a lair for the enemy or bandits
穴道 acupuncture point; acupoint
点穴(點穴) to attack a vital point
穴鸟(穴鳥) jackdaw
穴居人 cave man
穴见(穴見) limited understanding
不入虎穴，焉得虎子 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair?
迴穴 moving around randomly
洞穴 a cave; a cavern
巢穴 a lair; a nest; a den ; a hideout
俞穴 acupuncture point
风穴(風穴) wind cave ; Fengxue

Also contained in

风穴一尘、武穴市、七穿八穴、风穴延昭、八穴七穿、武穴

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling Mozi 墨子 — count: 76
《穴部》 Xué Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 61
卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
卷二百二十二下列傳第一百四十七下南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 10
卷十四備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate Mozi 墨子 — count: 10
卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
卷二百九十九列傳第一百八十七方伎 Volume 299 Biographies 187: Divination History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
卷一百九十八列傳第一百四十八: 西戎 Volume 198 Biographies 148: Western Regions Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7

Collocations

穴中 (穴中) 內苣爵穴中 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 8
穴高 (穴高) 穴高十尺 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 4
鼠穴 (鼠穴) 挑鼠穴 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 4
穴土 (穴土) 穴土而入 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 4
隙穴 (隙穴) 穿隙穴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 4
卫穴 (衛穴) 衛穴二 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 4
穴穴 (穴穴) 急穴穴未得 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 4
爵穴 (爵穴) 堞下為爵穴 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 4
穴二 (穴二) 穴二窯 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 3
穴门 (穴門) 則令我死士左右出穴門擊潰師 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 3