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Usage of the character 拱

gǒng
[拱]
  • to cup one's hands in salute
  • to surround
  • to arch
  • to dig earth with the snout
  • arched
yuángǒng
圆拱
[圓拱]
  • a round vault
dǒugǒng
枓拱
[枓拱]
  • variant of 斗拱 (dǒugǒng)
dǎgǒng
打拱
[打拱]
  • to bow with clasped hands
jiǎgǒng
假拱
[假拱]
  • blind arch
  • false arch
gǒngdiǎn
拱点
[拱點]
  • (astronomy) apsis; apse
gǒngbà
拱坝
[拱壩]
  • an arch dam
gǒngmén
拱门
[拱門]
  • arched door
gǒngxíng
拱形
[拱形]
  • arch
gǒngdǐng
拱顶
[拱頂]
  • an arched roof
  • a dome
  • a vault
bàngǒng
半拱
[半拱]
  • semiarch
  • half arch
gǒngzhù
拱柱
[拱柱]
  • pillar of a vault
gǒngshǒu
拱手
[拱手]
  • to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
  • (fig.) submissive
Gǒngshù
拱墅
[拱墅]
  • Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 ( Hángzhōushì), Zhejiang
gǒngdù
拱度
[拱度]
  • camber
gǒngláng
拱廊
[拱廊]
  • triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
gǒngzhuàng
拱状
[拱狀]
  • arch
  • vault
  • arched
dǒugǒng
斗拱
[斗拱]
  • interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
gǒngbào
拱抱
[拱抱]
  • to enfold
  • to encircle
gǒngdūn
拱墩
[拱墩]
  • pillar of a vault
gǒngdào
拱道
[拱道]
  • archway
gǒngjiān
拱肩
[拱肩]
  • a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
gǒngwèi
拱卫
[拱衛]
  • to surround and protect
gǒngqiáo
拱桥
[拱橋]
  • arch bridge
gǒngbì
拱璧
[拱璧]
  • a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
  • fig. a treasure
zhūgǒngjūn
猪拱菌
[豬拱菌]
  • Chinese truffle
jìngǒngdiǎn
近拱点
[近拱點]
  • (astronomy) periapsis
Gǒngshùqū
拱墅区
[拱墅區]
  • Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市 ( Hángzhōushì), Zhejiang
yuǎngǒngdiǎn
远拱点
[遠拱點]
  • (astronomy) apoapsis
gǒngshǒuxiāngràng
拱手相让
[拱手相讓]
  • lit. to bow and give way (idiom)
  • fig. to surrender sth readily
gǒngshǒupángguān
拱手旁观
[拱手旁觀]
  • to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
zhòngxīnggǒngyuè
众星拱月
[眾星拱月]
  • see 眾星捧月/众星捧月 (zhòngxīngpěngyuè)
zhòngxīnggǒngchén
众星拱辰
[眾星拱辰]
  • lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰 ( Běichén) (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  • to group around a revered leader
shuāngqūgǒngqiáo
双曲拱桥
[雙曲拱橋]
  • double arched bridge
dǎgǒngzuòyī
打拱作揖
[打拱作揖]
  • to bow respectfully with clasped hands
  • to beg humbly