小孔

xiǎokǒng

noun #35,386

Measure Word

一个小孔 gè

Meanings

1 small hole
2 tiny aperture
3 pinhole

Characters

Examples

纸上有一个小孔。

Zhǐ shàng yǒu yī gè xiǎokǒng.

There's a small hole in the paper.

光从小孔里透进来。

Guāng cóng xiǎokǒng lǐ tòu jìnlái.

Light shone in through the tiny aperture.

Tips

usage

小孔 literally 'small hole' — used in everyday speech and in technical contexts like 小孔成像 (xiǎokǒng chéngxiàng, pinhole imaging — the optical principle behind the camera obscura, attributed in China to Mohist scholar 墨子 in the 5th century BCE).

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo

孔 kǒng