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软管ruǎn guǎn
hose
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 软管 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 軟管 | ||
| 軟管 | ruǎnguǎn | |
| 1. n. hose (flexible tube) | ||
| 消防 軟管 卷盤 - fire hose reel | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| hose | ||
| 1. 长筒袜；软管; 水龙管 | ||
| Components | ||
| 软 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 軟 | ||
| 軟 | ruǎn | |
| 1. soft; flexible; pliable | ||
| 貓 的 毛 摸 上去 很 軟. - A cat's fur is soft to the touch. | ||
| 泥 很 軟，我們 的 腳 都 陷 進去 了。 - The mud was soft and our feet sank in. | ||
| 2. soft; gentle; mild | ||
| 他 的 態度 軟 了 下來。 - His attitude has softened. | ||
| 他 的 聲音 很 軟。 - His voice is very gentle. | ||
| 3. weak; feeble | ||
| 她 的 兩 腿 發 軟。 - Her legs felt weak. | ||
| 管 | guǎn | |
| 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood | ||
| 2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument | ||
| 3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula | ||
| 吸管 - straw | ||
| 4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush | ||
| 5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge | ||
| 管理 - to manage | ||
| 6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline | ||
| 7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with | ||
| 8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply | ||
| 9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep | ||
| 10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of | ||
| 11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name) | ||
| 臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆. | ||
| 12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to | ||
| 13. (Sichuan) to be worth | ||
| 管 寧 - Guan Ning | ||
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Pronunciation
ruǎn guǎn
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