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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *響* | 響* | *響
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *環* | 環* | *環
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *輪* | 輪* | *輪
wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation
HSK 7-9
circle / ring / (social) circle
HSK 7-9
ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
HSK 7-9
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆
HSK 7-9
pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull)
HSK 7-9
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
token ring (computing)
(telephone) ring / ringing
token ring
ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
five rings / pentacyclic (chemistry)
Ngamring county, Tibetan: Ngam ring rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
circlip; C-clip; snap ring; Jesus clip / brooch
to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉠* | 鉠* | *鉠
(onom.) ring / tinkle
annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暈* | 暈* | *暈
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轙* | 轙* | *轙
rings on the yokes
tongue ring / tongue piercing
ring-shaped / (math.) annulus
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雉* | 雉* | *雉
ringed pheasant
diamond ring / CL: 隻|只
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑗* | 瑗* | *瑗
large jade ring
(finger) ring
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
rings (gymnastics)
ring finger
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 清脆
ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo
ring-like jade belt pendant
(basketball) hoop / ring
an iron ring
to ring a bell
Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鎦* | 鎦* | *鎦
(bound form) finger ring / Taiwan pr. [liu2]
annual ring / growth ring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粔* | 粔* | *粔
cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鍈* | 鍈* | *鍈
(onom.) ring / tinkle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *玔* | 玔* | *玔
jade ring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐶* | 鐶* | *鐶
(ancient weight) / metal ring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *璚* | 璚* | *璚
half-circle jade ring
to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere
to form a ring around
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *觼* | 觼* | *觼
buckle / clasp / ring
(dialect) finger ring
gold ring
token ring network
ring surface / annulus / torus (math.)
Olympic rings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *璩* | 璩* | *璩
(jade ring)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韘* | 韘* | *韘
archer's thumb ring
to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms
to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
ferrule / ring toss
nose ring
Ngamring county, Tibetan: Ngam ring rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
benzene ring (chemistry)
ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway)
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
wrestling ring
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
onion ring
rubber ring / gasket
pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle
door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
-azine / heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their ring such as pyridine 吡啶 C5H5N, pyrazine 噠嗪|哒嗪 C4H4N2 or pyrimidine 嘧啶 C4H4N2
ring road / beltway
crater / ring-shaped mountain
(bird species of China) rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
finger ring (dialect)
aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring)
(photography) zoom ring
primary ring
backup ring
(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
slip-ring / rotary electrical interface / collector ring
signet ring (cell)
outer ring (road or rail line)
lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.
to form a circle, ring or loop
(finger) ring
boxing ring
halo / ring of light around the sun or moon
(Tw) pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
ring around the moon / lunar halo

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