布 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known syn 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 颜料 顏料 yán liào paint / dye / pigment syn 布料 bù liào fabric / cloth / material (for making clothing, curtains etc) syn 染料 rǎn liào dye 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 染色 rǎn sè dye syn 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 棉布 mián bù cotton cloth syn 织布 織布 zhī bù woven cloth / to weave cloth 染发剂 染髮劑 rǎn fà jì hair dye / rinse / tint 花布 huā bù printed cloth / calico syn 靛蓝 靛藍 diàn lán indigo (dye) syn 便鞋 biàn xié cloth shoes / slippers 白布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico 毛料 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth syn 布鞋 bù xié cloth shoes / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] 布匹 bù pǐ cloth (by the yard) syn 扎染 zā rǎn to tie-dye 枕巾 zhěn jīn pillow cloth 土布 tǔ bù homespun cloth syn 尼龙布 尼龍佈 ní lóng bù nylon cloth 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 薄纱 薄紗 báo shā gauze (cloth) 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 漂染 piǎo rǎn to bleach and dye 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 府绸 府綢 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 块 塊 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn 匹 疋 pǐ variant of 匹[pi3] / classifier for cloth: bolt syn 染 rǎn to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting syn 黛 dài umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow syn 葛 gé kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth syn 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 幂 冪 mì (math.) power / exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover / veil syn 褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 葛布 gé bù hemp cloth 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 苴 jū (hemp) / sack cloth 裹脚 裹腳 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 袱 fú (bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover 褓 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back 襁 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 袼 gē gusset / cloth fitting sleeve under armpit 褙 bèi paper or cloth pasted together 纻 紵 zhù variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] / (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber 泡泡纱 泡泡紗 pào pào shā seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples) 筘 kòu (a measure of width of cloth) syn 漆布 qī bù varnished cloth / linoleum 繐 suì fine and loose cloth / tassel 量力而为 量力而為 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth 布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed 染厂 染廠 rǎn chǎng dye factory / dye-works 韎 mèi a grass that gives red dye 蓼蓝 蓼藍 liǎo lán indigo dye / Polygonum tinctorium syn 擩 rǔ to stain / to dye 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 柘黄 柘黃 zhè huáng yellow dye made from the bark of the 柘[zhe4] tree 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 菘蓝 菘藍 sōng lán Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye) 蕠藘 rú lǘ variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye 染料激光器 rǎn liào jī guāng qì dye laser 不透射线色剂 不透射線色劑 radio-opaque dye 青黛 qīng dài indigo (dye) / Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM) 布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities 絰 dié hempen cloth worn by mourner 羃 mì cover of cloth for food / veil 疋 pǐ a bolt (of cloth) 繈 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 布囊其口 佈囊其口 bù náng qí kǒu lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth / to gag / fig. to silence 卡利科 kǎ lì kē calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India) 吃布 chī bù to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener) 布囊 bù náng cloth bag 幏 jià cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups 擦碗布 cā wǎn bù dish cloth / tea towel 料头 料頭 liào tóu remainder of cloth / scraps 浆硬 漿硬 jiāng yìng to starch / to stiffen cloth with starch 火浣布 huǒ huàn bù asbestos cloth 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means 纳粮 納糧 nà liáng to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc) 絘 cì ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth 絘布 cì bù ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth 裹尸布 裹屍布 guǒ shī bù shroud / cloth to wrap a corpse 边幅 邊幅 biān fú fringes of cloth / (fig.) one's dress / one's appearance 铺衬 鋪襯 pū chen patch of cloth β布 beta cloth 垫布 墊布 ground cover / ground cloth / ground sheet 一字巾 yī zì jīn headband / strip of cloth worn around the head 老头乐 老頭樂 lǎo tóu lè backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc) 布巾 bù jīn a cloth 包袱皮儿 包袱皮兒 bāo fu pí r wrapping cloth 洋布 yáng bù machine-woven cloth (old) 麻苎 麻苧 má zhù hemp and ramie / coarse cloth 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 