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lóng

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lóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lóng | long2
English translation
basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum

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About lóng

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

lóng

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of lóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮龍

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

lóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and Lóng represents the sound. Simplified form of lóng .

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Words with lóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
笼子 lóng zi cage籠子
笼罩 lǒngzhào to envelop籠罩
lóng cage lóng
灯笼 dēnglóng lantern燈籠
回笼 huí lóng to steam again回籠
鸟笼 niǎo lóng birdcage鳥籠
牢笼 láo lóng cage牢籠
笼统 lǒng tǒng general籠統
出笼 chū lóng just out of the steamer basket 蒸籠|蒸笼 zhēng lóng 出籠
灯笼裤 dēng lóng kù bloomers燈籠褲
蒸笼 zhēng lóng steamer basket (e.g. for dimsum)蒸籠
笼络 lǒng luò to coax籠絡
囚笼 qiú lóng cage used to hold or transport prisoners囚籠
笼头 lóng tou headstall籠頭
樊笼 fán lóng bird cage樊籠
笼屉 lóng tì bamboo steamer (for buns or dimsum)籠屜
猪笼草 zhū lóng cǎo tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)豬籠草
罐笼 guàn lóng elevator cage (in mine)罐籠
笼鸟 lóng niǎo a caged bird籠鳥
烘笼 hōng lóng bamboo drying frame烘籠

lóng Decomposition & Compounds

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