to peep, to spy, to look through a small opening

Animated Stroke Order 窥

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
duǒ
zài
shù
hòu
kuī
tàn
nèi
qíng
kuàng

He hid behind the tree to peek inside the house.

2
xiǎo
māo
cóng
mén
fèng
kuī
shì
wài
miàn
de
shì
jiè

The kitten peeks at the outside world through the door crack.

3
men
néng
jǐn
píng
guǎn
kuī
jiù
xià
jié
lùn

We cannot draw conclusions based on a narrow view alone.

4
tōu
kuī
bié
rén

He peeks at others.

5
tōu
kuī
bié
rén
de
yǐn
shì
duì
de

It is wrong to peek at others' privacy.

6
xiàn
lín
zài
tōu
kuī
de
shēng
huó
gǎn
dào
fēi
cháng
ān

She felt very uneasy when she discovered her neighbor peeking into her life.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes13
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2674
Zhuyinㄎㄨㄟ
Components
UnicodeU+7AA5
CangjieJCORU
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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