籠 (lung4) — cage; coop; cage-like container in Cantonese
lungˎ₄籠
简 笼
Mandarin Pinyin: long2
Meaning of 籠
nouncage; coop; cage-like container
nounenvelop; cover; veil; enshroud
nounbamboo steamer (for buns, dumplings, etc)
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Example Sentences with 籠
你硬係食到過籠！
You always eat too much food!
四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
go˗₃個lungˎ₄籠sauˉ¹修zingˊ²整houˊ²好
The cage has been tidied up.
zin˗₃戰wanˎ₄雲lungˎ₄籠ziuˊ²罩zyuˍ₆住
War clouds are looming.
Words Containing 籠
百鴿籠baak3 gaap3 lung4
1. a bird cage with different levels and compartments 2. a low and cramped living space; a house with restricted moving spave
獸籠sau3 lung4
cage for animals
小籠siu2 lung5
cellule
豬籠車zyu1 lung4 ce1
a vehicle for carrying slaughtered pigs; slang for a police lorry
燈籠椒dang1 lung4 ziu1
sweet pepper; sweet bell pepper; capsicum
小籠包siu2 lung4 baau1
small pork dumpling (with soup inside), Shanghai dumpling
死人燈籠sei2 jan4 dang1 lung4
dead man's lantern
籠屋居民lung4 uk1 geoi1 man4
people living in cage homes [abbreviation] 籠民
打籠通daa2 lung4 tung1
to communicate and have conspiring agreement with others before the event
籠𨋢lung4 lip1
industrial elevator
冇掩雞籠mou5 jim2 gai1 lung4
wide open; unguarded; free access; open to all; to describe someone who speaks carelessly
埋籠maai4 lung4
livestock entering the cage
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