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笼子

lóng zi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 籠子

笼子 (lóng zi) means "cage; basket; container". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 笼子 means

1. cage; basket; container

Other readings

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

• lǒng zilarge box; trunk; chest

The characters in 笼子

• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 鸟儿逃出了笼子。
  The bird escaped from its cage.
• 老虎躺在笼子的中间。
  Lǎohǔ tǎng zài lóngzi de zhōngjiān.
  The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.
• 她把小鸟从笼子里释放出来。
  Tā bǎ xiǎoniǎo cóng lóngzi lǐ shìfàng chūlái.
  She set the bird free from the cage.
• 笼子里的蟋蟀吃得跟野生的蟋蟀一样多。
  Lóngzi lǐ de xīshuài chī de gēn yěshēng de xīshuài yīyàng duō.
  A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.

Sounds the same

Read lóng zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 聋子deaf person

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