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籠

简笼 · 繁籠

Mandarin · pinyin lóng#

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

Mandarin · pinyin lǒng#

to envelop; to cover
(used in 籠子 lǒng zi) large box
Taiwan pr. lóng

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籠: Look up this written character
笼: lóng · cage; cage-like basket

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2 · long2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lung4 · lung5

Cantonese word readings for 籠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

bamboo-made implement for holding soil
bamboo-made cage (for animals); coop
bamboo container, holder, hoop, basket, steamer (for buns, dumplings, etc.)
Classifier for food in a steamer basket.

character

(～竹) A kind of bamboo produced in the Lingnan region of China.

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to cover (all); to encompass; to include
to shroud; to envelop; to enshroud
to hide (one's hands, e.g. in the sleeves)
to twine; to wind; to tie up
to light (a fire); to kindle
large bamboo box; trunk
(Cantonese) large box; trunk
(Cantonese) interior (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(Cantonese) Classifier for 嘢 (je5), used in combination to describe negative matters caused by or associated with someone.
(Shanghainese, slang) a hundred of a currency designation

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