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笼 lóng

basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
⺮
Traditional
籠
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 龙 ⿱⺮龙

Memory hint: bamboo

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  1. 节日里挂满了红灯笼。
    Jiérì lǐ guàmǎnle hóng dēnglong.
    Red lanterns were hung everywhere during the festival.
    festival inside hang-full (particle) red lantern
  2. 你会做灯笼吗？
    Nǐ huì zuò dēnglong ma?
    Can you make a lantern?
    you can make lantern (question)
  3. 我们一起做个灯笼吧。
    Wǒmen yìqǐ zuò ge dēnglong ba.
    Let's make a lantern together.
    we together make (measure) lantern (suggestion)
  4. 大雾笼罩着，能见度不太好。
    Dàwù lǒngzhàozhe, néngjiàndù bú tài hǎo.
    Heavy fog shrouded everything; visibility wasn't very good.
    big-fog shroud (particle), visibility not too good
  5. 夜晚，整座城市被浓雾笼罩着。
    Yèwǎn, zhěng zuò chéngshì bèi nóngwù lǒngzhàozhe.
    At night, the whole city was shrouded in thick fog.
    night, whole (measure) city by thick-fog shroud (particle)

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