戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 镶嵌 鑲嵌 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation syn 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 铁路运输 鐵路運輸 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 外环线 外環線 wài huán xiàn outer ring (road or rail line) 角斗场 角鬥場 jué dòu chǎng wrestling ring 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 扣环 釦環 kòu huán circlip / C-clip / snap ring / Jesus clip / brooch 套圈 tào quān ferrule / ring toss 胶圈 膠圈 jiāo quān rubber ring / gasket 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 响 響 xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 戒 jiè to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger) syn 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn 苯环 苯環 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry) 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 令牌环 令牌環 lìng pái huán token ring 芳香烃 芳香烴 fāng xiāng tīng aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring) 六环路 六環路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 月晕 月暈 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 璩 qú (jade ring) 瑗 yuàn large jade ring 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 路上 lù shang on the road / on the way / en route syn 公路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 小路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 岔子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup syn 开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn 路面 lù miàn road surface 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn 路标 路標 lù biāo road sign 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 越野车 越野車 yuè yě chē off-road vehicle 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 岔路 chà lù fork in the road syn 修路 xiū lù to repair a road 岔开 岔開 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) syn 改道 gǎi dào to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse) 