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弓

gōng

Character Measure word 张

What 弓 means

1. a bow (weapon)
2. to bend
3. to arch (one's back etc)

Other readings

弓 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gōngsurname Gong

Example sentences

• 他派给我了两名弓箭手。
  Tā pài gěi wǒ le liǎng míng gōngjiànshǒu.
  He assigned two archers to me.
• 猫弓起背，伸了个懒腰。
  Māo gōng qǐ bèi, shēn le gè lǎnyāo.
  The cat arched its back and stretched itself.
• 这个女孩做了一把不称手的弓。
  The girl made an awkward bow.
• 这个女孩做了一把很难使用的弓。
  Zhège nǚhái zuò le yī bǎ hěn nán shǐyòng de gōng.
  The girl made an awkward bow.
• 那个叫做亜弓的孩子，你别看她才十三岁，她五岁的时候就成了童星，在电影和舞台剧中演出了。
  Nàge jiàozuò yà gōng de háizi, nǐ bié kàn tā cái shísān suì, tā wǔ suì de shíhou jiù chéngle tóngxīng, zài diànyǐng hé wǔtái jù zhōng yǎnchū le.
  That 'Ayumi' kid, only 13 but has performed in movies and theatres as a child actor since she was five.
• 惜秦皇汉武，略输文采；唐宗宋祖，稍逊风骚。一代天骄，成吉思汗，只识弯弓射大雕。俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。
  Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, though remarkable in their achievements, somewhat lacked in literary grace; Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song, though commendable in their elegance, still fall slightly short in their brilliance. The proud conqueror, Genghis Khan, knew only how to bend the bow and shoot great eagles. All of them are now bygone, and if you want to count the truly remarkable figures, look to the present age.

Words starting with 弓

• 弓箭gōng jiànbow and arrow
• 弓弦gōng xiánbowstring
• 弓形gōng xíngcircular segment
• 弓状gōng zhuàngbowed; curved like a bow
• 弓背gōng bèito hunch over; to stoop; to arch one's back (upward)
• 弓腰gōng yāoto bow; to bend at the waist
• 弓臂gōng bì(archery) bow limb
• 弓虫gōng chóngToxoplasma gondii
• 弓足gōng zúbound feet
• 弓身gōng shēnto bend the body at the waist; to bow
• 弓弦儿gōng xián rbowstring
• 弓形虫gōng xíng chóngToxoplasma gondii
• 弓浆虫gōng jiāng chóngToxoplasma gondii
• 弓箭手gōng jiàn shǒuarcher
• 弓箭步gōng jiàn bùforward lunge (stance used in martial arts, fitness training etc)
• 弓长岭区Gōng cháng lǐng QūGongchangling, a district of Liaoyang City 辽阳市
• 弓弩gōng nǔbow and crossbow
• 弓弩手gōng nǔ shǒucrossbow shooter
• 弓长岭Gōng cháng lǐngsee 弓长岭区

Words containing 弓

• 弹弓dàn gōngcatapult; slingshot
• 琴弓qín gōngbow (of a stringed instrument)
• 角弓jiǎo gōngbow decorated with animal horns
• 足弓zú gōngarch (of a foot)
• 长弓cháng gōnglongbow
• 开弓kāi gōngto draw a bow; to pull back a bowstring
• 反曲弓fǎn qū gōng(archery) recurve bow
• 受电弓shòu diàn gōngpantograph (transportation)
• 合弓纲hé gōng gāng(zoology) Synapsida
• 复合弓fù hé gōngcomposite bow (archery)
• 集电弓jí diàn gōngpantograph (transportation)
• 高弓足gāo gōng zúhigh-arched feet
• 左右开弓zuǒ yòu kāi gōnglit. to shoot from both sides (idiom); fig. to display ambidexterity…
• 杯弓蛇影bēi gōng shé yǐnglit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions…
• 角弓反张jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāngopitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
• 惊弓之鸟jīng gōng zhī niǎo(lit.) a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)…
• 鸟尽弓藏niǎo jìn gōng cánglit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom)…
• 开弓不放箭kāi gōng bù fàng jiànlit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom); fig. to bluff…
• 霸王硬上弓bà wáng yìng shàng gōngto force oneself upon sb (idiom); to rape
• 弩弓nǔ gōngcrossbow
• 腱弓jiàn gōngtendon arch (anatomy)
• 鳃弓sāi gōngvisceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
• 颧弓quán gōng(anatomy) zygomatic arch
• 柘弓zhè gōngbow made from the 柘

Characters that look like 弓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 丐gàito beg for alms; beggar

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container