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笼
籠
lóng
1.
basket
2.
cage
3.
flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum [[點心|点心<diǎnxin>]]
4.
to cover
5.
to cage
6.
to embrace
7.
to manipulate through trickery
Very Common • Top 4%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
出笼
chūlóng
just out of the steamer basket [[蒸籠|蒸笼]]
回笼
huílóng
to steam again
樊笼
fánlóng
bird cage
气笼
qìlóng
air pipe
渔笼
yúlóng
fishing pot (trap)
烘笼
hōnglóng
bamboo drying frame
灯笼
dēnglóng
lantern
牢笼
láolóng
cage
笼嘴
lóngzuǐ
muzzle (device)
笼子
lóngzi
cage
笼屉
lóngtì
bamboo steamer (for buns or dimsum)
笼槛
lóngjiàn
cage (for animals)
笼络
lǒngluò
to win sb over
笼统
lǒngtǒng
general
笼罩
lǒngzhào
to envelop
笼头
lóngtou
headstall
笼鸟
lóngniǎo
a caged bird
罐笼
guànlóng
elevator cage (in mine)
蒸笼
zhēnglóng
steamer basket (e.g. for dimsum)
鸟笼
niǎolóng
birdcage
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,927
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,230 of 84,292