A German surname; specifically, the German engineer and inventor Ernst Werner von Siemens (1816–1892) or the engineering and electronics company he founded.

(colloquial) what kind of; used in rhetorical questions to emphasize that something is groundless, unnecessary, or uncalled for

Siemens AG; a large German industrial manufacturing and technology conglomerate

forehead of a person or the corresponding part on the head of an animal

to visit someone's home for a casual chat or to pay a visit

To get what one wants by using social connections or by toadying to people in power.

To ask someone to use their influence or connections on one's behalf; to seek a way to achieve a goal through back-door channels.

(colloquial) A prostitute who works illegally and in secret.

Siemens-Martin furnace, a metallurgical furnace used for steelmaking with a shallow hearth and heat recovery system

rhetorical question used to express disbelief or annoyance regarding a certain situation or thing

(colloquial) to get married, used of women; same as [[出嫁|出嫁|chu1 jia4]]

the firing chamber of a rifle or the breech of a cannon

(regional) A thief who sneaks into a house to steal while people are not paying attention

a door or curtain designed to block wind and cold; a ventilation door

the passage leading into the ear

anus; a rural or colloquial term for the posterior opening of the digestive tract