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 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 杯子 bēi zi cup / glass / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 玻璃杯 bō li bēi drinking glass 试管 試管 shì guǎn test tube 软管 軟管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 放大镜 放大鏡 fàng dà jìng magnifying glass syn 茶杯 chá bēi teacup / tea-glass / cup / mug / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 防弹玻璃 防彈玻璃 fáng dàn bō li bulletproof glass 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 输卵管 輸卵管 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct 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 钢化玻璃 鋼化玻璃 gāng huà bō li reinforced glass 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]) 琉璃 liú li colored glass / ceramic glaze 显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 料器 liào qì glassware / colored glass household vessel 玻璃钢 玻璃鋼 bō li gāng glass-reinforced plastic / fiberglass 玻璃纤维 玻璃纖維 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass / glass fiber 磨砂 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) 支气管 支氣管 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus syn 三极管 三極管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 内胎 內胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) syn 玻璃罩 bō li zhào glass cover / bell glass 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 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 杯 盃 bēi variant of 杯[bei1] / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup syn 玻 bō glass syn 碴 chá fault / glass fragment / quarrel 里带 裡帶 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) syn 磨砂玻璃 mó shā bō li frosted glass syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 毛玻璃 máo bō li frosted glass 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 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 表蒙子 錶蒙子 biǎo méng zi watch glass / crystal 不碎玻璃 bù suì bō li shatterproof or safety glass syn 拉制 lā zhì drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched) syn 熔浆 熔漿 róng jiāng lava, magma or other molten material (metal, glass etc) 玻片 bō piàn glass slide for medical sample 酌满 酌滿 zhuó mǎn to fill up (a wine glass) to the brim 高球杯 gāo qiú bēi highball glass 玻璃天花板 玻璃天花闆 bō li tiān huā bǎn glass ceiling 槟榔西施 檳榔西施 bīng lang xī shī (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth 小道具 xiǎo dào jù (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc) 玻璃收集装置 bō lí shōu jí zhuāng zhì glass collection unit 可以退回的玻璃容器 returnable glass container 带壳玻璃塔 帶殼玻璃塔 jacketted glass column / jacketted column 玻璃瓶工厂缩短工时公约 玻璃瓶工廠縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works 自动平板玻璃工厂工时公约 自動平板玻璃工廠工時公約 Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works 无形的障碍 無形的障礙 glass ceiling 假眼 jiǎ yǎn artificial eye / glass eye 揦子 lá zi (dialect) glass bottle 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 玻纤 玻纖 bō xiān fiberglass / glass fiber (abbr. for 玻璃纖維|玻璃纤维[bo1li2 xian1wei2]) 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 消化管 xiāo huà guǎn digestive tube / gut 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 