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 布料 bù liào fabric / cloth / material (for making clothing, curtains etc) syn 草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 棉布 mián bù cotton cloth syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 花布 huā bù printed cloth / calico 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 密实 密實 mì shí close (texture) / dense / densely woven syn 席子 xí zi woven mat syn 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) 蓑衣 suō yī woven rush raincoat 薄纱 薄紗 báo shā gauze (cloth) 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 丝织品 絲織品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon syn 府绸 府綢 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth 编织品 編織品 biān zhī pǐn woven fabric 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 席 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat syn 葛 gé kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth syn 绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat 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 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric 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 笊 zhào loosely woven bamboo ladle 苴 jū (hemp) / sack cloth 裹脚 裹腳 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 缂丝 緙絲 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 袱 fú (bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 褓 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back 襁 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 簟 diàn fine woven grass mat syn 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 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 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 絣 bǐng Ikat, a type of woven silk / Kasuri 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2], woven mat 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 棕编 棕編 zōng biān woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber 屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen syn 卡利科 kǎ lì kē calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India) 洋布 yáng bù machine-woven cloth (old) 暗花儿 暗花兒 àn huā r veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric 一种粗棉布 一種粗棉布 yī zhǒng cū mián bù A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. 密织 密織 mì zhī closely woven 棕绷 棕繃 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 丝织物 絲織物 sī zhī wù woven silk fabric 经丝彩色显花 經絲彩色顯花 jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp 经锦 經錦 jīng jǐn warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp 紧密织物 緊密織物 jǐn mì zhī wù closely woven fabric 纬锦 緯錦 wěi jǐn woof brocade / woven fabric with many-colored woof 织花 織花 zhī huā woven pattern 毛窝 毛窩 máo wō cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers 筕篖 háng táng woven bamboo mat 草标 草標 cǎo biāo (old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale. 袯襫 襏襫 bó shì woven rush raincoat 箢箕 yuān jī (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket 箢篼 yuān dōu (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket 茓 xué to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder 茓子 xué zi long woven mat used to form a cylindrical grain bin 仔密 zǐ mì (textiles) closely woven / tightly knitted 篾席 miè xí mat woven from bamboo strips syn 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 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 