笼

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What 笼 means

lóng

enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket

lǒng

to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子) large box

Pictophonetic: semantic ⺮ (bamboo), phonetic 龙

Made of 龙

Words with 笼

• 笼子lóng zicage; basket; container
• 笼子lǒng zilarge box; trunk; chest
• 笼罩lǒng zhàoto envelop; to shroud
• 牢笼láo lóngcage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle
• 灯笼dēng lónglantern
• 鸟笼niǎo lóngbirdcage
• 出笼chū lóng(of food) to be taken out of the steamer; (fig.) (often used with 纷纷) (of products, information etc) to appear; to emerge; to come out; (fig.) to dump; to inundate the market
• 囚笼qiú lóngcage used to hold or transport prisoners
• 小笼包xiǎo lóng bāosteamed dumpling
• 笼络lǒng luòto coax; to beguile; to win over
• 笼统lǒng tǒnggeneral; broad; sweeping; lacking in detail; vague
• 八角笼bā jiǎo lóngMMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)

笼 in a sentence

• 她把小鸟从笼子里释放出来。

  tā bǎ xiǎo niǎo cóng lóng zi lǐ shì fàng chū lái 。

  She set the bird free from the cage.

• 老虎躺在笼子的中间。

  lǎo hǔ tǎng zài lóng zi de zhōng jiān 。

  The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.

• 灯笼在树枝上吊着。

  dēng long zài shù zhī shàng diào zhe 。

  The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.

• 世界就是一个疯子的囚笼。

  shì jiè jiù shì yí gè fēng zǐ de qiú lóng 。

  The world is a den of crazies.

Characters that sound like 笼

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