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笼
籠
lǒng
1. to cover
2. to cage
3. covering
4. also pr. <lóng>
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

笼
lóng
basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

出笼
chūlóng
just out of the steamer basket [[蒸籠|蒸笼]]
回笼
huílóng
to steam again
灯笼
dēnglóng
lantern
HSK 6
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
HSK 6
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
樊笼
fánlóng
bird cage
气笼
qìlóng
air pipe
渔笼
yúlóng
fishing pot (trap)
烘笼
hōnglóng
bamboo drying frame

Alternate Entries

笼
lóng
basket / cage / flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum [[點心|点心<diǎnxin>]] / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,927
Word Frequency Rank
3,230 of 84,292