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 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 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 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) 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 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) 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 痰盂 tán yú spittoon syn 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 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 之字形 zhī zì xíng Z-shaped / zigzag 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing 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 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 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 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 空心装药 空心裝藥 hollow charge / shaped charge 聚能装药 聚能裝藥 jù néng zhuāng yào hollow charge / shaped charge 锥形装药雷 錐形裝藥雷 shaped charge mine 聚能装药雷 聚能裝藥雷 shaped charge mine 空心装药雷 空心裝藥雷 shaped charge mine 巨蛋 jù dàn oval-shaped stadium / dome / arena 拉环 拉環 lā huán pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle 杯珓 bēi jiào pair of mussel-shaped objects thrown on the ground for divination purposes 龟趺 龜趺 guī fū turtle-shaped plinth of a stele 坐墩 zuò dūn Chinese drum-shaped stool 油泼扯面 油潑扯麵 yóu pō chě miàn broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝面[biang2biang2mian4] 螺旋粉 luó xuán fěn fusilli (corkscrew shaped pasta) 螺丝粉 螺絲粉 luó sī fěn gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta) 凤眼 鳳眼 fèng yǎn elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix 棒棒机 棒棒機 bàng bàng jī bar phone (cell phone shaped like a bar of candy) 造型蛋糕 zào xíng dàn gāo custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) 掷筊 擲筊 zhì jiǎo poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer 钩环 鉤環 gòu huán shackle (U-shaped link) 供石 gōng shí scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China) 𰻝𰻝面 𰻞𰻞麵 biáng biáng miàn broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanx 屁股决定脑袋 屁股決定腦袋 pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) / fig. where one stands depends on where one sits / one's views are shaped by one's circumstances 箢箕 yuān jī (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket 箢篼 yuān dōu (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket 鲷鱼烧 鯛魚燒 diāo yú shāo taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste 冰棺 bīng guān coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse 塔香 tǎ xiāng (cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香[jiu3ceng2ta3xiang1]) / cone-shaped incense stick 钩环 鉤環 gōu huán shackle (U-shaped link) 锥子脸 錐子臉 zhuī zi liǎn V-shaped face 