管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 黄袍加身 黃袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown syn 卸扣 xiè kòu shackle (U-shaped link) 角 jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 太子 tài zǐ crown prince syn 夺冠 奪冠 duó guàn to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 皇冠 huáng guān crown (headgear) syn 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard 地中海 dì zhōng hǎi (coll.) bald crown / male pattern baldness 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 卫冕 衛冕 wèi miǎn to defend the crown (in sports championship) syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 匀称 勻稱 yún chèn well proportioned / well shaped syn 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) 球形 qiú xíng spherical / ball-shaped 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 皇太子 huáng tài zǐ crown prince syn 梯形 tī xíng trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced 飞镖 飛鏢 fēi biāo darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead) 状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth 王冠 wáng guān crown syn 奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 加冕 jiā miǎn to crown / coronation syn 世子 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 王储 王儲 wáng chǔ crown prince syn 锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 丁字 dīng zì T-shaped 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 春宫 春宮 chūn gōng Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture syn 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 茼蒿 tóng hāo crown daisy / garland chrysanthemum / Chrysanthemum coronarium 牙套 yá tào orthodontic brace / (dental) crown 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 八字胡 八字鬍 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八 洗马 洗馬 xiǎn mǎ (official title) herald to the crown prince (in imperial China) 伞形 傘形 sǎn xíng umbrella-shaped 莲雾 蓮霧 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) 波状 波狀 bō zhuàng wave-shaped 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 皇储 皇儲 huáng chǔ crown prince syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 冠 guān hat / crown / crest / cap syn 璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 挝 撾 zhuā ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓[zhua1] / to strike / to beat syn 缨 纓 yīng tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon syn 钿 鈿 diàn to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 章甫荐履 章甫薦履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down 螺旋体 螺旋體 luó xuán tǐ Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis 齿冠 齒冠 chǐ guān crown of tooth 方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng square-shaped syn 牙冠 yá guān crown of a tooth / (dental) crown 林冠 forest crown / crown 春闱 春闈 chūn wéi metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) / Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince 表冠 錶冠 biǎo guān watch crown / winding crown 冠子 guān zi crest / crown 顶臀长 頂臀長 dǐng tún cháng crown-rump 月桂冠 yuè guì guān laurel crown / victory garland (in Greek and Western culture) 皇冠上的明珠 huáng guān shàng de míng zhū the brightest jewel in the crown 皇冠出版 huáng guān chū bǎn Crown publishers, Hong Kong 皇冠出版集团 皇冠出版集團 huáng guān chū bǎn jí tuán Crown publishing group, Hong Kong 脑瓢儿 腦瓢兒 nǎo piáo r top of the head / crown 顶杆 頂桿 dǐng gǎn top bar / crown bar 顶轮 頂輪 dǐng lún sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top of the skull 头冠 頭冠 tóu guān a crown / top of the head 颈腐病 頸腐病 jǐng fǔ bìng collar rot / crown rot 树冠覆盖 樹冠覆蓋 crown cover 太子太保 tài zǐ tài bǎo tutor to the crown prince (in imperial China) 后冠 hòu guān crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner / first place in a women's competition 天灵盖 天靈蓋 tiān líng gài crown of the head 敔 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick 鲤鱼旗 鯉魚旗 lǐ yú qí koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day 八字胡须 八字鬍鬚 bā zì hú xū mustache shaped like character 八 叉架 chā jià trestle / X-shaped frame 旋涡状 旋渦狀 xuán wō zhuàng spiral-shaped 曲尺楼梯 曲尺樓梯 qū chǐ lóu tī staircase with right-angled turn / L-shaped staircase 月城 yuè chéng semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican 板状 板狀 bǎn zhuàng board-shaped 正弦形 zhèng xián xíng sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave) 