Chinese symbol for “sinus”
窦道
dòu dào
Traditional: 竇道
sinus (anatomy); subterranean passage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sinus is 窦道 (dòu dào), defined as: sinus (anatomy); subterranean passage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sinus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窦 (竇) | dòu | (literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 窦道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼻窦炎 (鼻竇炎) | bí dòu yán | sinusitis |
| 疑窦 (疑竇) | yí dòu | (literary) doubts; suspicions |
| 鼻窦 (鼻竇) | bí dòu | paranasal sinus |
| 情窦初开 (情竇初開) | qíng dòu chū kāi | first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom) |
| 情窦 (情竇) | qíng dòu | (lit.) love aperture; (fig.) interest in love matters |
| 窦房结 (竇房結) | dòu fáng jié | (anatomy) sinoatrial node; sinuatrial node |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sinus”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.