棕缚 棕縛 zōng fù palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 踏垫 踏墊 tà diàn floor mat / bathroom mat / car mat / doormat 棕毯 zōng tǎn coir mat / palm fiber matting 棕绷 棕繃 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 棕编 棕編 zōng biān woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber 棕绳 棕繩 zōng shéng rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 枕席 zhěn xí pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed syn 笫 zǐ bamboo mat / bed mat 拆装式金属跑道板 拆裝式金屬跑道板 landing mat / aircraft landing mat 光纤 光纖 guāng xiān optical fiber / fiber optics 氯纶 氯綸 lǜ lún polyvinyl chloride fiber / PRC brand name for PVC fiber 棕毛 zōng máo palm fiber / coir 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 垫子 墊子 diàn zi cushion / mat / pad syn 筵席 yán xí banquet / mat for sitting syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 席子 xí zi woven mat syn 凉棚 涼棚 liáng péng mat awning / arbor 肉蒲团 肉蒲團 ròu pú tuán The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3] 芦席 蘆席 lú xí reed mat syn 席 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat syn 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 垫 墊 diàn pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) syn 藉 jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn 绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn 筵 yán bamboo mat for sitting 苫 shān straw mat / thatch syn 笪 dá rough bamboo mat syn 簟 diàn fine woven grass mat syn 蓐 rù mat / rushes 箦 簀 zé reed mat 裀 yīn mat / underclothing 莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet 篨 chú crude bamboo mat 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2], woven mat 籧 qú crude bamboo mat 砚席 硯席 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches 跪毯 guì tǎn a prayer mat / a carpet for kneeling 卡垫 卡墊 kǎ diàn (Tibetan) rug / mat 筕篖 háng táng woven bamboo mat 床笫 chuáng zǐ bed and bamboo sleeping mat / (fig.) bed as a place for intimacy 苇席 葦席 wěi xí reed mat 屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen syn 茓 xué to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder 茓子 xué zi long woven mat used to form a cylindrical grain bin 篾席 miè xí mat woven from bamboo strips syn 纤维 纖維 xiān wéi fiber / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn 涤纶 滌綸 dí lún polyester fiber syn 玻璃纤维 玻璃纖維 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass / glass fiber 莱卡 萊卡 lái kǎ Leica camera / Lycra (fiber or fabric) 碳纤维 碳纖維 tàn xiān wéi carbon fiber 合成纤维 合成纖維 hé chéng xiān wéi synthetic fiber 腈纶 腈綸 jīng lún acrylic fiber 丙纶 丙綸 bǐng lún polypropylene fiber 化学纤维 化學纖維 huà xué xiān wéi man-made fiber syn 苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant 人造纤维 人造纖維 rén zào xiān wéi man-made fiber 面糊 麵糊 miàn hú starchy / floury and without fiber syn 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 黄麻 黃麻 huáng má jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks 维纶 維綸 wéi lún vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword) 光导纤维 光導纖維 guāng dǎo xiān wéi optical fiber 麻 má generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb syn 筋 jīn muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) syn 纻 紵 zhù variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] / (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber 藕断丝连 藕斷絲連 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another 包层 包層 bāo céng cladding / covering (on a fiber) 单模光纤 單模光纖 dān mó guāng xiān single-mode optical fiber 多模光纤 多模光纖 duō mó guāng xiān multimode fiber 光纤电缆 光纖電纜 guāng xiān diàn lǎn optical fiber / optical cable 光纤分布式数据介面 光纖分佈式數據介面 guāng xiān fēn bù shì shù jù jiè miàn Fiber Distributed Data Interface / FDDI 光纤分布数据接口 光纖分佈數據接口 guāng xiān fēn bù shù jù jiē kǒu Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) 光纤分散式资料介面 光纖分散式資料介面 guāng xiān fēn sàn shì zī liào jiè miàn (Tw) Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) 胶原纤维 膠原纖維 jiāo yuán xiān wéi collagen fiber 纤度 纖度 xiān dù fiber fineness (usu. measured in terms of linear mass density) 纤芯 纖芯 xiān xīn core (of a fiber) 纤芯直径 纖芯直徑 xiān xīn zhí jìng core diameter (of a fiber) 膳食纤维 膳食纖維 shàn shí xiān wéi dietary fiber 天然纤维 天然纖維 tiān rán xiān wéi natural fiber 弹花 彈花 tán huā to soften cotton fiber by fluffing 特克斯 tè kè sī (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber (abbr. to 特[te4]) 碳链纤维 碳鏈纖維 tàn liàn xiān wéi carbon chain fiber 纤维丛 纖維叢 xiān wéi cóng fiber bundle (math.) 聚酯纤维 聚酯纖維 jù zhǐ xiān wéi polyester fiber 肌纤维 肌纖維 jī xiān wéi muscle fiber 轧棉 軋棉 yà mián to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber) 醋酸纤维 醋酸纖維 cù suān xiān wéi cellulose acetate (used for film and fiber) 高纤维 高纖維 gāo xiān wéi high fiber 麻类 麻類 má lèi bast fiber plant (general term for hemp, flax, jute, ramie etc) 光纤分布式数据接口 光纖分佈式數據接口 guāng xiān fēn bù shì shù jù jiē kǒu Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) 椰壳纤维 椰殼纖維 yē ké xiān wéi coconut fiber / coir 玻纤 玻纖 bō xiān fiberglass / glass fiber (abbr. for 玻璃纖維|玻璃纤维[bo1li2 xian1wei2]) 手掌 shǒu zhǎng palm syn 假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) syn 掌心 zhǎng xīn hollow of the palm syn 巴掌 bā zhǎng palm of the hand / classifier: slap syn 