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 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 肠胃 腸胃 cháng wèi stomach and intestine / digestive system syn 同化 tóng huà assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc) 试管 試管 shì guǎn test tube 软管 軟管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 消化系统 消化系統 xiāo huà xì tǒng digestive system / gastrointestinal tract 输卵管 輸卵管 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct 消化道 xiāo huà dào digestive tract 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 套筒 tào tǒng sleeve / a tube for wrapping 试管婴儿 試管嬰兒 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 真空管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube syn 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) 支气管 支氣管 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus syn 脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn 三极管 三極管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 玻璃管 bō li guǎn glass tube 内胎 內胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) syn 消化液 xiāo huà yè digestive fluid 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 筒灯 筒燈 tǒng dēng fluorescent tube or light 热缩管 熱縮管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 里带 裡帶 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 阴极射线管 陰極射線管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube 咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 扩孔 擴孔 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole) 橐 tuó sack / tube open at both ends / (onom.) footsteps syn 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 消化酶 xiāo huà méi digestive enzyme 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 筩 tǒng tube / cylinder 采气管 采氣管 vapour-concentrator tube / air-sample collection tube / sample tube / sniffer tube 映像管 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope 反应堆测压管 nuclear reactor pressure tube / pressure tube 吐苦水 tǔ kǔ shuǐ to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings 明天见 明天見 míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) 消化腺 xiāo huà xiàn digestive glands 肠胃道 腸胃道 cháng wèi dào digestive tract 马氏管 馬氏管 mǎ shì guǎn Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc) 虾线 蝦線 xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein 侦毒管 偵毒管 zhēn dú guǎn detector tube 籫 zuǎn (literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons 中压管 中壓管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 回描 huí miáo flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube) / retrace 散束 sàn shù scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube) / debunching 水管面 水管麵 shuǐ guǎn miàn tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti) / macaroni 管井 guǎn jǐng tube well syn 行波管 xíng bō guǎn traveling wave tube (electronics) 试管受孕 試管受孕 shì guǎn shòu yùn in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation 速调管 速調管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves) 光电倍增管 光電倍增管 guāng diàn bèi zēng guǎn photomultiplier tube 开关装置 開關裝置 kāi guān zhuāng zhì switching device / switching tube 摄象管 攝象管 shè xiàng guǎn camera tube 神经管 神經管 shén jīng guǎn neural tube (embryology) 脉冲中子管 pulse neutron tube 冷阴极触发管 cold-cathode trigger tube 真空采血试管 haematology vacuum test tube 旋转加热炉 rotary furnace / rotary kiln / rotating tube furnace 影像增强管 yǐng xiàng zēng qiǎng guǎn image intensifier tube 计算管 jì suàn guǎn counter tube 锆管 gào guǎn zirconium tube 涡流管 vortex tube 插入胸腔导管 chā rù xiōng qiāng dǎo guǎn chest tube insertion 试管振荡器 試管振蕩器 shì guǎn zhèn dàng qì test tube shaker 管发射、光学跟踪、有线制导导弹 管發射、光學跟蹤、有線制導導彈 tube-launched optically-tracked wire guided missile / TOW missile 陶式导弹 陶式導彈 tube-launched optically-tracked wire guided missile / TOW missile 浅管井 淺管井 shallow tube well / shallow cased well 手泵管井 shǒu bèng guǎn jǐng hand-pump tube well 开关管 開關管 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube 取样管 取樣管 qǔ yàng guǎn sampling tube 采样管 采樣管 sampling tube 挤制管 擠制管 jǐ zhì guǎn extruded tube 选通硅增强靶摄像管 選通矽增強靶攝像管 gate silicon intensifier target (SIT) vidicon tube 催泪瓦斯发射管 催淚瓦斯發射管 tear gas launching tube 多毛虫 多毛蟲 tube worm 竹筒倒豆子 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / to come clean / to make a clean breast of things 筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) 插管 chā guǎn (medicine) to intubate / intubation / (endotracheal) tube 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 竹筒倒豆子 zhú tǒng dào dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean / to make a clean breast of things 回血 huí xuè (medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points / (fig.) to recover (to some extent) 筛管 篩管 shāi guǎn (botany) sieve tube 