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 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit 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 绕 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 螺旋 luó xuán spiral / helix / screw 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 旋涡 旋渦 xuán wō spiral / whirlpool / eddy / vortex syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 螺纹 螺紋 luó wén spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw syn 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 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 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 螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae / spirulina (dietary supplement) 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 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 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) 盘桓 盤桓 pán huán to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover syn 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 螺旋形 luó xuán xíng spiral 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 八字胡 八字鬍 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八 鹦鹉螺 鸚鵡螺 yīng wǔ luó nautilus / ammonite (fossil spiral shell) 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 螺距 luó jù pitch of spiral / pitch of screw 推理之绊 推理之絆 tuī lǐ zhī bàn Spiral: 之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag 螺线 螺線 luó xiàn spiral 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 螺 luó spiral shell / snail / conch 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 镈 鎛 bó ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell / hoe / spade 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour 螺旋体 螺旋體 luó xuán tǐ Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis 旋梯 xuán tī spiral stairs / winding stairs (gymnastic equipment) 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng square-shaped syn 人马臂 人馬臂 rén mǎ bì Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy) 旋涡星系 旋渦星系 xuán wō xīng xì spiral galaxy 旋涡星云 旋渦星雲 xuán wō xīng yún spiral nebula 旋臂 xuán bì spiral arm 棒旋星系 bàng xuán xīng xì barred spiral galaxy 准稳旋涡结构 準穩旋渦結構 zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòu quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics) 猎户臂 獵戶臂 liè hù bì Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system) 盘梯 盤梯 pán tī spiral staircase 盘陀 盤陀 pán tuó twisted / spiral / uneven stones 英仙臂 yīng xiān bì Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy) 蜗旋 蝸旋 wō xuán to spiral 螺旋曲面 luó xuán qū miàn spiral surface 螺髻 luó jì spiral coil (in hairdressing) 飞来飞去 飛來飛去 fēi lái fēi qù to fly about / to fly hither and thither / to flit / to swarm / to spiral 闭鞘姜 bì qiào jiāng spiral ginger 漩涡星系 漩渦星系 spiral galaxy 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 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) 新泽西护栏 新澤西護欄 xīn zé xī hù lán Jersey barrier / concrete safety-shaped barrier 防撞护栏 防撞護欄 fáng zhuàng hù lán Jersey barrier / concrete safety-shaped barrier 