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绳

shéng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 繩 Measure word 根

What 绳 means

1. rope

Example sentences

• 抓住绳子。
  Grab a hold of the rope.
• 她在跳绳。
  She is skipping rope.
• 你能跳绳吗？
  Nǐ néng tiàoshéng ma?
  Can you jump rope?
• 绳子在哪里？
  Where's the rope?
• 绳子按米卖。
  String is sold by the metre.
• 我放开了绳子。
  Wǒ fàngkāi le shéngzi.
  I let go of the rope.

Words starting with 绳

• 绳子shéng zicord; string; rope
• 绳索shéng suǒrope
• 绳之以法shéng zhī yǐ fǎto punish according to the law; to bring to justice
• 绳墨shéng mòlit. carpenter's straight line marker; same as 墨斗; fig. rules
• 绳套shéng tàonoose; harness
• 绳文shéng wénJyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
• 绳梯shéng tīa rope ladder
• 绳结shéng jiéknot
• 绳索套shéng suǒ tàoa noose

Words containing 绳

• 跳绳tiào shéngto jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope
• 缰绳jiāng shéngreins
• 冲绳Chōng shéngOkinawa (prefecture and island group in Japan)
• 井绳jǐng shéngrope for drawing water from a well
• 套绳tào shénga lasso
• 挂绳guà shénglanyard
• 准绳zhǔn shéngyardstick; fig. criterion; ground rule
• 牵绳qiān shéngtow rope
• 细绳xì shéngstring; twine; cord
• 线绳xiàn shéngcotton rope; cord
• 缆绳lǎn shéngcable; hawser; mooring rope
• 走绳zǒu shéngtightrope walking
• 头绳tóu shéngstring to tie hair
• 冲绳岛Chōng shéng DǎoOkinawa Island
• 钢丝绳gāng sī shénghawser; steel rope
• 冲绳群岛Chōng shéng Qún dǎothe Okinawa archipelago
• 规矩准绳guī ju zhǔn shéngcompasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard…
• 规矩绳墨guī ju shéng mòcompasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard; norms…
• 进退中绳jìn tuì zhōng shéngto advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi)…
• 吊绳diào shéngsling
• 棕绳zōng shéngrope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 晒衣绳shài yī shéngclothesline
• 晾衣绳liàng yī shéngclothesline
• 腘绳肌guó shéng jīhamstring (anatomy)

Characters that look like 绳

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

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 厩jiùstable; barn
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read shéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渑name of a river in Shandong