棺材板 guān cai bǎn wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself) / (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim / unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread) 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 篮 籃 lán basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball) syn 口粮篮 口糧籃 kǒu liáng lán ration basket / food basket 躺椅 tǎng yǐ deck chair / recliner / couch / lounge 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn 睡椅 shuì yǐ couch 榻 tà couch syn 匟 kàng couch for two 诊查床 診查床 examination couch 做厅长 做廳長 zuò tīng zhǎng (jocular) to sleep on the couch / to sleep in the living room 榻床 tà chuáng divan / couch 棺材 guān cai coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3] syn 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 棺木 guān mù coffin syn 抬杠 抬槓 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles syn 灵柩 靈柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse syn 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 守灵 守靈 shǒu líng to keep watch beside a coffin 棺椁 棺槨 guān guǒ inner and outer coffins / coffin syn 行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn 入殓 入殮 rù liàn to put dead body in coffin syn 灵 靈 líng quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin syn 盖棺论定 蓋棺論定 gài guān lùn dìng don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom) 材 cái material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old) syn 守丧 守喪 shǒu sāng to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning 棺 guān coffin syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 桧 檜 guì Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) / (old) coffin lid decoration / Taiwan pr. [kuai4] syn 殓 殮 liàn to prepare a dead body for coffin syn 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 榇 櫬 chèn Sterculia plantanifolia / coffin syn 椁 槨 guǒ outer coffin 窆 biǎn to put a coffin in the grave 不见棺材不落泪 不見棺材不落淚 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality 寿材 壽材 shòu cái coffin syn 槥 huì coffin 哭灵 哭靈 kū líng to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead 就木 jiù mù to be placed in a coffin / (fig.) to die 杠夫 槓夫 gàng fū pole carrier / coffin-bearer 杠头 槓頭 gàng tóu (old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5] 盖棺 蓋棺 gài guān coffin lid / fig. posthumous reputation 盖棺定论 蓋棺定論 gài guān dìng lùn don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom) 灵棺 靈棺 líng guān a bier / a catafalque (memorial platform) / a coffin 冰棺 bīng guān coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 篮子 籃子 lán zi basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage / basket / container syn 箩筐 籮筐 luó kuāng large wicker basket syn 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 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 篮筐 籃筐 lán kuāng basket syn 蒸笼 蒸籠 zhēng lóng steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) syn 收口 shōu kǒu (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off / to bind / (of a wound) to close up / to heal syn 竹篮 竹籃 zhú lán wicker basket 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 篓子 簍子 lǒu zi basket syn 提篮 提籃 tí lán a basket syn 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) 字纸篓 字紙簍 zì zhǐ lǒu wastepaper basket 筐 kuāng basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 篓 簍 lǒu basket syn 箕 jī winnow basket 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 箩 籮 luó basket syn 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 筲 shāo basket / bucket 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 篚 fěi round covered basket 罶 liǔ creel / fish basket 蔂 luó basket for carrying earth 蔂 léi to entwine / creeper / bramble / (literary) basket for carrying soil 籓 fān big winnow basket 籔 sǒu basket for draining rice 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 蓧 diào bamboo basket 笲 fán osier basket of brides 簠 fǔ basket used in state worship 筥 jǔ round bamboo basket 槛花笼鹤 檻花籠鶴 jiàn huā lóng hè a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom) / prisoner 竹篮打水 竹籃打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) / wasted effort 笼鸟槛猿 籠鳥檻猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom) / prisoner 南箕北斗 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use syn 笆斗 bā dǒu round-bottomed basket syn 篘 chōu basket for straining / to strain 虆 léi creeper / bramble / dirt-basket 梩 lí basket for removing earth / spade 