Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 圈

to confine
to lock up
to pen in

circle; ring; loop (CL:個／个 (gè))
classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc
to surround; to circle

livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty

at symbol, @

smoke ring

line of longitude
meridian (geography)

aperture
diaphragm
halo
aureole

line of latitude
parallel

round frame of a sieve

to draw a circle
cliques
circles

to form a circle, ring or loop

washer (on bolt)
toilet seat

XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality

solenoid (electrical engineering)
coil

to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer)
to muck out

government circle
political circle

circle

trap; snare; trick

to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc

jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)

(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan
to garner new fans

commercial district
business district

to mark a text with dots and circles
to punctuate

(Internet slang) dazed
confused

stable

circle
ring
(social) circle

the earth's ocean
the hydrosphere (geology)

rim of the eye
eye socket

necklace

number of laps

pen
animal yard

ferrule
ring toss

wreath
garland

vicious circle
(abnormal) phenomenon

(planet) atmosphere
(medical) air ring
air cushion

to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer)
to muck out

ring around the moon
lunar halo
solar halo

among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles

rubber ring
gasket

wheel rim
underwire (in a bra)

pigsty (lit. and fig.)

to rear (an animal) in an enclosure

staking a claim to territory
enclosure

fan community
fandom

collar (animal)

(basketball) hoop
ring

to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it
(fig.) to designate; to delineate

(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to raise money then misappropriate it

to rotate
to twirl
to run around
to encircle
rotation
(coll.) to speak indirectly
to beat about the bush

at symbol, @

great circle (in spherical geometry)

tiántiánquān

doughnut

insider

quānzhuàngwù

hoop

atmosphere

to play mahjong

yángcōngquān

onion ring

comfort zone

Arctic Circle

hula hoop (loanword)

Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信 ( Wēixìn))

asthenosphere (geology)

hula hoop (loanword)

(meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon)
(fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis

biosphere
ecosphere

to go around in circles
to make a detour
(fig.) to beat about the bush

zhòngquāntào

to fall in a trap

bow-legged
bandy-legged

sphere of cultural influence

wireless (bra)

jiùshēngquān

life buoy; life belt
(jocular) flab; spare tire

to scam
to set a trap
to set up a scheme to defraud people

to overstep the bounds
to go too far

lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth)

blogosphere

magnetosphere

a quarrel in which third parties get involved

solenoid (electrical engineering)
coil

shēngtàiquān

ecosphere

line of latitude
parallel

asthenosphere (geology)

to go around one time
to do a circuit

Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市／营口市 ( Yíngkǒushì), Liaoning

dark circles (under one's eyes)
black eye

to encircle
to go around
to circle
to beat about the bush

swim ring
swim tube
(fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)

show business

erhua variant of 羅圈／罗圈 (luóquān)

tánhuángdiànquān

spring washer

yǎnquānhóngle

to be on the verge of tears

kěquānkědiǎn

remarkable (performance, achievement etc)
worthy of praise

Luóshìxiànquān

Rogowski coil

quānquandiǎndiǎn

annotations made in a book
fig. remarks and comments
to have an opinion on everything

Quāndì Yùndòng

Enclosure Movement

guìquānzhēnluàn

(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head

to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)

Bayuquan district of Yingkou City 營口市／营口市, Liaoning

gǎnyìngxiànquān

induction coil
solenoid

quānquānchāchā

tic-tac-toe

pǎomǎquāndì

rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)

màitiánguàiquān

crop circle

yóuzháquānbǐng

doughnut

Dà Dōngyà Gòngróngquān

大东亚共荣圈

[大東亞共榮圈]

Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿／近卫文麿 in 1938

Sītuōkěnlìshíquān

斯托肯立石圈

[斯托肯立石圈]

Stonehenge stone circle

Jǐncòu Miǎozǐ Xiànquān

紧凑渺子线圈

[緊湊渺子線圈]

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)