"牢籠" meaning in Chinese

See 牢籠 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 牢笼 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 牢籠
  1. cage or trap for catching animals
    Sense id: en-牢籠-zh-noun-lmfvCFY9 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 25 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 19 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 10 11 8
  2. (figuratively) trick; snare; trap Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-牢籠-zh-noun-AjS1p2~D
  3. (figuratively) bonds; shackles Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-牢籠-zh-noun-NTjNrrNl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 圈套 (quāntào), 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng) [literary], 局子 [Beijing, Mandarin], 漉束箍仔 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 網羅 (wǎngluó), 网罗 (wǎngluó), 羅網 (luówǎng), 罗网 (luówǎng), 陷坑 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 陷阱 (xiànjǐng), 騙局 / 骗局 (fraud, hoax or scam)

Verb

IPA: /lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 牢笼 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 牢籠
  1. to trap; to shackle; to bind
    Sense id: en-牢籠-zh-verb-JfmMpz0u
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          "shackle",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) bonds; shackles"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-lúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laulong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laolun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаолун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh lùhng"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "quāntào",
      "word": "圈套"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnjǐng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "坎阱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "局子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "漉束箍仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "wǎngluó",
      "word": "網羅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "wǎngluó",
      "word": "网罗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "luówǎng",
      "word": "羅網"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "luówǎng",
      "word": "罗网"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "陷坑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiànjǐng",
      "word": "陷阱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fraud, hoax or scam",
      "word": "騙局 / 骗局"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牢籠"
}

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      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-lúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laulong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laolun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаолун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh lùhng"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "牢籠"
}
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        "(figuratively) bonds; shackles"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-lúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laulong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laolun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаолун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh lùhng"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "quāntào",
      "word": "圈套"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnjǐng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "坎阱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "局子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "漉束箍仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngluó",
      "word": "網羅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngluó",
      "word": "网罗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luówǎng",
      "word": "羅網"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luówǎng",
      "word": "罗网"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "陷坑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànjǐng",
      "word": "陷阱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fraud, hoax or scam",
      "word": "騙局 / 骗局"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牢籠"
}

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        "Mandarin",
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láolóng"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-lúng"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laulong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laolun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаолун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh lùhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "牢籠"
}

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  "path": [
    "牢籠"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "牢籠",
  "trace": ""
}

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