Chinese Word: 窦 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

窦 (Trad.: 竇)

Pinyin: dòu

English Definition: hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus; surname Dou

Chinese Definition:
①孔、洞：狗窦。
②人体某些器官或组织的内部凹入的部分：鼻窦。窦房结。
③端倪：疑窦。弊窦。
④姓氏。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 穴

Ideographic:To buy someone off 卖; a nose-hole 穴

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 卖 [ mài ] to sell; to betray; to show off

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疑窦	yí dòu	(literary) doubts; suspicions; cause for suspicion
情窦初开	qíng dòu chū kāi	first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
鼻窦炎	bí dòu yán	sinusitis
鼻窦	bí dòu	paranasal sinus
利玛窦	lì mǎ dòu	Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China

1		zài 在 suǒ 索 zhī jiān 之间 shì 是 kuò dà 扩大 le 了 de 的 máo xì xuè guǎn 毛细血管 jiào 叫 xuè dòu 血窦。 Between these cords are wide thinwalled blood vessels called sinusoids.
2		yī shēng 医生 men 们 bìng bù 并不 zhēn zhèng 真正 liǎo jiě 了解 dòu 窦， zhǐ 只 zhī dào 知道 wǒ men 我们 cháng 长 le 了 hěn duō 很多。 Doctors don't really know much about sinuses, only that we have a lot of them.
3		hòu lái 后来， tā 他 huàn 患 shàng 上 yán zhòng 严重 de 的 dòu 窦 gǎn rǎn 感染， céng 曾 liǎng cì 两次 zhù jìn 住进 jí zhěn shì 急诊室。 Then he was struck with a severe sinus infection, which led to two ER visits.
4		zhè xiē 这些 tóu sù 投诉 bāo kuò 包括 màn xìng 慢性 dòu 窦 dǔ sè 堵塞， biàn mì 便秘， shèn zhì 甚至 xiào chuǎn 哮喘 zhèng zhuàng 症状 xiāng sì 相似。 Those complaints include chronic sinus congestion, constipation, and even symptoms resembling asthma.
5		dòu 窦 de 的 lǎo bǎn 老板 fù 付 le 了 fèi yòng 费用， dàn 但 dāng 当 dòu 窦 yāo qiú 要求 péi cháng 赔偿 shí 时， lǎo bǎn 老板 jiāng 将 tā 他 jiě gù 解雇。 Dou' s boss paid, but when Dou demanded compensation he was fired. "I did not have a labour contract," Dou says.

1		zài 在 suǒ 索 zhī jiān 之间 shì 是 kuò dà 扩大 le 了 de 的 máo xì xuè guǎn 毛细血管 jiào 叫 xuè dòu 血窦。 Between these cords are wide thinwalled blood vessels called sinusoids.
2		yī shēng 医生 men 们 bìng bù 并不 zhēn zhèng 真正 liǎo jiě 了解 dòu 窦， zhǐ 只 zhī dào 知道 wǒ men 我们 cháng 长 le 了 hěn duō 很多。 Doctors don't really know much about sinuses, only that we have a lot of them.
3		hòu lái 后来， tā 他 huàn 患 shàng 上 yán zhòng 严重 de 的 dòu 窦 gǎn rǎn 感染， céng 曾 liǎng cì 两次 zhù jìn 住进 jí zhěn shì 急诊室。 Then he was struck with a severe sinus infection, which led to two ER visits.
4		zhè xiē 这些 tóu sù 投诉 bāo kuò 包括 màn xìng 慢性 dòu 窦 dǔ sè 堵塞， biàn mì 便秘， shèn zhì 甚至 xiào chuǎn 哮喘 zhèng zhuàng 症状 xiāng sì 相似。 Those complaints include chronic sinus congestion, constipation, and even symptoms resembling asthma.
5		dòu 窦 de 的 lǎo bǎn 老板 fù 付 le 了 fèi yòng 费用， dàn 但 dāng 当 dòu 窦 yāo qiú 要求 péi cháng 赔偿 shí 时， lǎo bǎn 老板 jiāng 将 tā 他 jiě gù 解雇。 Dou' s boss paid, but when Dou demanded compensation he was fired. "I did not have a labour contract," Dou says.