笼 (lóng): enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc, cage, basket, steamer basket, to envelop, to cover
笼 (lóng) is a Chinese character meaning “enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 龙 (phonetic). It ranks #1904 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 笼 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc
- cage
- basket
- steamer basket
- to envelop
- to cover
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 笼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笼子 | lóng zi | cage |
| 笼罩 | lǒng zhào | to envelop |
| 牢笼 | láo lóng | cage |
| 鸟笼 | niǎo lóng | birdcage |
| 灯笼裤 | dēng lóng kù | bloomers |
| 笼统 | lǒng tǒng | general |
| 囚笼 | qiú lóng | cage used to hold or transport prisoners |
| 回笼 | huí lóng | to steam again |
| 蒸笼 | zhēng lóng | steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) |
| 出笼 | chū lóng | (of food) to be taken out of the steamer |
| 笼络 | lǒng luò | to coax |
| 笼头 | lóng tou | headstall |
| 樊笼 | fán lóng | bird cage |
| 纱笼 | shā lóng | (loanword) sarong |
| 法拉第笼 | fǎ lā dì lóng | (physics) Faraday cage |
笼 appears in 43 compound words: 26 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 笼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
老师教我们笼字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men lóng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "笼."
迪拜任厨大马男子 战火阴影笼罩上班心神不宁夜难眠
dí bài rèn chú dà mǎ nán zǐ zhàn huǒ yīn yǐng lóng zhào shàng bān xīn shén bù nìng yè nán mián
Dubai's chef Malaysian man is restless at work in the shadow of war, unable to sleep at night
彰化家扶爱心灯笼义卖“神秘客”再现踪 疑低调捐款6万元
zhāng huà jiā fú ài xīn dēng lóng yì mài shén mì kè zài xiàn zōng yí dī diào juān kuǎn 6 wàn yuán
Changhua Jiafu love lantern charity sale "mystery guest" reappeared suspected of low-key donation of 60,000 yuan
快讯/浓雾笼罩!台中机场07:00起“航班全停飞”
kuài xùn nóng wù lóng zhào ! tái zhōng jī chǎng 0 7 : 0 0 qǐ háng bān quán tíng fēi
News/Thick fog shrouded! Taichung Airport from 07:00 "full suspension of flights"
上水“怪兽仓”两幼犬被困笼内 一狗断尾惹乌蝇 区议员联络仓主无果报...
shàng shuǐ guài shòu cāng liǎng yòu quǎn bèi kùn lóng nèi yī gǒu duàn wěi rě wū yíng qū yì yuán lián lào cāng zhǔ wú guǒ bào . . .
Two puppies in the "monster warehouse" in Sheung Shui were trapped in a cage, and a dog broke its tail and provoked flies.
灯笼在树枝上吊着。
Dēnglóng zài shùzhī shàngdiào zhe.
The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
田野和小径被雾气笼罩着。
Tiányě hé xiǎojìng bèi wùqì lǒngzhào zhe.
Mist hung over the fields and footpaths.
阴霾笼罩着伦敦。
Yīnmái lǒngzhào zhe Lúndūn.
The haze enveloped London.
世界就是一个疯子的囚笼。
Shìjiè jiùshì yī gè fēngzi de qiú lóng.
The world is a den of crazies.
女孩把鸟儿从笼中放了出来。
Nǚhái bǎ niǎor cóng lóng zhōng fàng le chūlái.
The girl released the birds from the cage.
Character Family
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