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 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) 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 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 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 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 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 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 匀称 勻稱 yún chèn well proportioned / well shaped syn 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard 球形 qiú xíng spherical / ball-shaped 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] 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 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 梯形 tī xíng trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 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 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 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 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 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) 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain 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 外环线 外環線 wài huán xiàn outer ring (road or rail line) 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 角斗场 角鬥場 jué dòu chǎng wrestling ring 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 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 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 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing 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 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 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 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 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels syn 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge 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 令牌环 令牌環 lìng pái huán token ring 卸扣 xiè kòu shackle (U-shaped link) 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 之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 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 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 