把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 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 反对 反對 fǎn duì to oppose / to be against / to object to syn 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 物体 物體 wù tǐ object / body / substance syn 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn 笑柄 xiào bǐng a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock syn 符咒 fú zhòu charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing) syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece / collector's item / precious object 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 物件 wù jiàn object 重塑 chóng sù to reconstruct (an art object) / to remodel 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 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn 尖顶 尖頂 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple 试管 試管 shì guǎn test tube 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 软管 軟管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 仿制品 仿製品 fǎng zhì pǐn counterfeit object / fake syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 珍品 zhēn pǐn valuable object / curio syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn 匀称 勻稱 yún chèn well proportioned / well shaped syn 输卵管 輸卵管 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 不以为然 不以為然 bù yǐ wéi rán not to accept as correct (idiom) / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to syn 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 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 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 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 器物 qì wù implement / utensil / article / object syn 美术品 美術品 měi shù pǐn an art object 套筒 tào tǒng sleeve / a tube for wrapping 试管婴儿 試管嬰兒 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 梯形 tī xíng trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced 真空管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube syn 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 笑谈 笑談 xiào tán object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat syn 显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 宾语 賓語 bīn yǔ object (grammar) 神器 shén qì magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool 远端 遠端 yuǎn duān the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal 不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of / not to object to 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 客体 客體 kè tǐ object (philosophy) syn 支气管 支氣管 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus syn 移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology) 三极管 三極管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 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 冠状 冠狀 guān zhuàng coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped 丁字 dīng zì T-shaped 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 端面 duān miàn end face / end surface of a cylindrical object syn 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 尖细 尖細 jiān xì (of an object) tapered / (of a voice) high-pitched 玻璃管 bō li guǎn glass tube 内胎 內胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) syn 大器 dà qì very capable person / precious object syn 虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 奇货可居 奇貨可居 qí huò kě jū rare commodity worth hoarding / object for profiteering syn 八字胡 八字鬍 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八 筒灯 筒燈 tǒng dēng fluorescent tube or light 伞形 傘形 sǎn xíng umbrella-shaped 莲雾 蓮霧 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) 热缩管 熱縮管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 波状 波狀 bō zhuàng wave-shaped 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 