笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage / basket / container syn 篮子 籃子 lán zi basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 篮筐 籃筐 lán kuāng basket syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 箩筐 籮筐 luó kuāng large wicker basket syn 蒸笼 蒸籠 zhēng lóng steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) syn 竹篮 竹籃 zhú lán wicker basket 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 收口 shōu kǒu (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off / to bind / (of a wound) to close up / to heal syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 篓子 簍子 lǒu zi basket syn 提篮 提籃 tí lán a basket syn 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 料斗 liào dǒu cattle feeder / hopper (wicker basket) 背篓 背簍 bēi lǒu a basket carried on the back syn 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 篮 籃 lán basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball) syn 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 筐 kuāng basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 箩 籮 luó basket syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 篓 簍 lǒu basket syn 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 箕 jī winnow basket 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 筲 shāo basket / bucket 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 字纸篓 字紙簍 zì zhǐ lǒu wastepaper basket 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 匾 楄 pián basket-couch in coffin syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篑 簣 kuì basket for carrying soil 笸 pǒ flat basket-tray 笱 gǒu basket for trapping fish 畚 běn a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc 蚬 蜆 xiǎn basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae) / (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3] 箪 簞 dān round basket for cooked rice 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove syn 襻 pàn button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together / to stitch together syn 簏 lù box / basket syn 簋 guǐ ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo 栳 lǎo basket 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 斗笠 dǒu lì conical bamboo hat syn 糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn 竹排 zhú pái bamboo raft 铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 篇 piān sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article syn 简 簡 jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 笠 lì bamboo rain hat syn 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 畚箕 běn jī a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan syn 笆 bā an article made of bamboo strips / fence 筵 yán bamboo mat for sitting 汕 shàn bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 竹管 zhú guǎn bamboo pipe 竹制 竹製 zhú zhì made of bamboo 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 笊 zhào loosely woven bamboo ladle 