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 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop 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 套 tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 滚动 滾動 gǔn dòng to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder) syn 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 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 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 回路 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop 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 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop 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 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 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 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 接入网 接入網 access network / local loop 无线接入 無線接入 wú xiàn jiē rù wireless access / wireless local loop 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 冠状 冠狀 guān zhuàng coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped 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) 领结 領結 lǐng jié bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 肩章 jiān zhāng epaulet / shoulder loop / shoulder mark 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 卷绕 卷繞 juǎn rào to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding 八字胡 八字鬍 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八 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 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 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag 旋 xuán to revolve / a loop / a circle syn 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 爵 jué ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility 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 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 襻 pàn button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together / to stitch together syn 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 螺旋体 螺旋體 luó xuán tǐ Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis 方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng square-shaped syn 无线用户回路 無線用戶回路 wú xiàn yòng hù huí lù wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 无线入网 無線入网 wú xiàn rù wǎng wireless local loop / radio local loop / wireless access 成圈 chéng quān to form a circle, ring or loop 良性循环 良性循環 liáng xìng xún huán virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) 扣襻 釦襻 kòu pàn button loop 卫星回路 wèi xīng huí lù satellite loop 磁回路 cí huí lù magnetic loop 观察－定向－决策－行动环 觀察－定向－決策－行動環 Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action Loop 无线本地环路 無線本地環路 wireless access / wireless local loop 数字环路载波 數字環路載波 digital loop carrier 卫星环形轨迹 衛星環形軌跡 wèi xīng huán xíng guǐ jì satellite loop 综合数字环路载波 綜合數字環路載波 integrated digital loop carrier 本地环路 本地環路 access network / local loop 套儿 套兒 tào r (coll.) loop of rope / noose / scheme / ploy / condom 纽襻 紐襻 niǔ pàn button loop syn 闭环 閉環 bì huán closed loop 死循环 死循環 sǐ xún huán endless loop 回圈 迴圈 huí quān (Tw) (computing) loop 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) 沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea 疣状 疣狀 yóu zhuàng warty / bumpy / wart-shaped 痰盂式 tán yú shì spittoon-shaped 穹形 qióng xíng arched / vaulted / dome-shaped syn 银丹 銀丹 yín dān lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent) 骨朵 gǔ duǒ club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud syn 锥形装药 錐形裝藥 zhuī xíng zhuāng yào hollow charge / shaped charge 锪孔 鍃孔 huō kǒng an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore) 