- to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel); to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit); closed-loop
- circle
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- electricity grid; power grid; electrified wire netting
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- medium
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard
- not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name
- (bound form) cocoon
- prelude; presage
- 呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
- to repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned
- to return; to come back
- rumor; hearsay
- to be well aware
- lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire
- smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
- towards
- surrounding
- to follow after; immediately afterwards
- sound; noise
- the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- ring (any circular object); (math.) annulus; (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
- luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- 搁 gé: 搁 ge2: to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]搁 gē: 搁 ge1: to place; to put aside; to shelve
- roof; topmost part; top (of tree, wall etc); apex
- closely; tightly
- to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- electromagnetic
- clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet
- ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- both hands
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- pants pocket
- attitude; position (on an issue etc)
- doctor; medical practitioner
- life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- at intervals of; every (so often)