笼 lóng basket
basket; cage
怎么记住“笼”: 𥫗 bamboo + 龙 dragon = basket. Grandma weaves strips of bamboo while the kids watch the dragon boats race, and by the end she has a new basket.
部件结构
笼 = 𥫗 bamboo + 龙 dragon
- 𥫗 bamboo
- 龙 dragon
Grandma weaves strips of bamboo while the kids watch the dragon boats race, and by the end she has a new basket.
用法
- A cage/basket (bamboo) - 笼子 (lóngzi) a cage, 鸟笼 a birdcage, 蒸笼 a steamer basket.
- 灯笼 (dēnglong) = a (paper) lantern.
- Second reading lǒng: 笼罩 (lǒngzhào) to envelop/shroud (乌云笼罩 dark clouds shrouding), 笼统 (lǒngtǒng) vague/sweeping/generalized.
- 一笼包子 (yì lóng bāozi) = a steamer basket of buns.