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 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 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 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 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 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 枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn 落叶松 落葉松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree syn 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 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 指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom) syn 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 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn 苯环 苯環 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry) 杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn 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 李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn 月桂树 月桂樹 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree 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 气候学 氣候學 qì hòu xué climatology 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 璩 qú (jade ring) 瑗 yuàn large jade ring 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 棕榈 棕櫚 zōng lǘ palm tree syn 圣诞树 聖誕樹 shèng dàn shù Christmas tree 树木 樹木 shù mù tree syn 树叶 樹葉 shù yè tree leaves syn 松树 松樹 sōng shù pine / pine tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite / tree kingfisher 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn 树桩 樹樁 shù zhuāng tree stump 树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 雪松 xuě sōng cedar tree / cedarwood syn 树皮 樹皮 shù pí tree bark 树根 樹根 shù gēn tree roots syn 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 牡丹 mǔ dan tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) syn 独树一帜 獨樹一幟 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own syn 家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree 树荫 樹蔭 shù yìn shade of a tree syn 柏树 柏樹 bǎi shù cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] syn 桃树 桃樹 táo shù peach tree / CL:株[zhu1] 树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree / treetop syn 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 梨树 梨樹 lí shù pear tree 柚木 yòu mù pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) / shaddock / oriental grapefruit 橄榄树 橄欖樹 gǎn lǎn shù olive tree 枝干 枝幹 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree) syn 果树 果樹 guǒ shù fruit tree / CL:棵[ke1] syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 树阴 樹陰 shù yīn shade (of a tree) 小树 小樹 xiǎo shù shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:棵[ke1] syn 菩提树 菩提樹 pú tí shù peepul (Ficus religiosa) / bodhi tree / sacred fig syn 乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 杏树 杏樹 xìng shù apricot tree 树种 樹種 shù zhǒng tree species 参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn 世系 shì xì lineage / genealogy / family tree 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 