Usage of the character 牆
qiáng
墙
[牆]
- wall (CL:面 (miàn),堵 (dǔ))
- (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆/被墙 (bèiqiáng))
fěnqiáng
粉墙
[粉牆]
- whitewashed wall
- to whitewash a wall
rénqiáng
人墙
[人牆]
- human barricade; (soccer) defensive wall
xiōngqiáng
胸墙
[胸牆]
- parapet
- defensive wall
- breastwork
fānqiáng
翻墙
[翻牆]
- lit. to climb over the wall
- fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
chéngqiáng
城墙
[城牆]
- city wall
qiángyuán
墙垣
[牆垣]
- wall
- fence
qiángjiǎo
墙角
[牆角]
- corner (junction of two walls)
qiángbì
墙壁
[牆壁]
- wall
qiánggēn
墙根
[牆根]
- foot of a wall
qiángzhǐ
墙纸
[牆紙]
- wallpaper
qiángbào
墙报
[牆報]
- wall newspaper
wéiqiáng
围墙
[圍牆]
- perimeter wall
- fence
- CL:道 (dào)
Kūqiáng
哭墙
[哭牆]
- Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
bèiqiáng
被墙
[被牆]
- (slang) (of a website) to get blocked
huǒqiáng
火墙
[火牆]
- firewall
wàiqiáng
外墙
[外牆]
- facade
- external wall
qiángmiàn
墙面
[牆面]
- the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
húqiáng
糊墙
[糊牆]
- to paper a wall
qíqiáng
骑墙
[騎牆]
- to sit on the fence
- to take both sides in a dispute
Xīqiáng
西墙
[西牆]
- Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
shānqiáng
山墙
[山牆]
- gable
xiāoqiáng
萧墙
[蕭牆]
- (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
nüqiáng
女墙
[女牆]
- crenelated parapet wall
mùqiáng
幕墙
[幕牆]
- curtain wall (architecture)
páqiáng
爬墙
[爬牆]
- to climb a wall
- (fig.) to be unfaithful
tīngqiánggēn
听墙根
[聽牆根]
- to eavesdrop
- to listen in secret to sb's conversations
húnshuǐqiáng
混水墙
[混水牆]
- plastered masonry wall
kōngxīnqiáng
空心墙
[空心牆]
- cavity wall
- hollow wall
fótiàoqiáng
佛跳墙
[佛跳牆]
- lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
qiánggālá
墙旮旯
[牆旮旯]
- recess between walls
húqiángzhǐ
糊墙纸
[糊牆紙]
- wallpaper
fánghuǒqiáng
防火墙
[防火牆]
- firewall
- CL:堵 (dǔ)
fùfèiqiáng
付费墙
[付費牆]
- (computing) paywall (loanword)
Bólín Qiáng
柏林墙
[柏林牆]
- Berlin Wall
qīngshuǐqiáng
清水墙
[清水牆]
- unplastered masonry wall
Mínzhǔqiáng
民主墙
[民主牆]
- Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
nü'érqiáng
女儿墙
[女兒牆]
- crenelated parapet wall
qiángtóucǎo
墙头草
[牆頭草]
- sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
- sb with no mind of their own
- easily swayed person
- opportunist
wāqiángjiǎo
挖墙脚
[挖牆腳]
- to undermine
- to let someone down
- to seduce someone away from something
dǎngfēngqiáng
挡风墙
[擋風牆]
- lit. windbreak
- fig. protector
qiángbǎnjù
墙板锯
[牆板鋸]
- drywall saw
- plasterboard saw
tīngqiánggēnr
听墙根儿
[聽牆根兒]
- erhua variant of 聽牆根/听墙根 (tīngqiánggēn)
Bólín Wéiqiáng
柏林围墙
[柏林圍牆]
- Berlin Wall
tóngqiángtiěbì
铜墙铁壁
[銅牆鐵壁]
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
géqiángyǒu'ěr
隔墙有耳
[隔牆有耳]
- the walls have ears (idiom)
yǐnshuǐrùqiáng
引水入墙
[引水入牆]
- lit. to lead the water through the wall
- to ask for trouble (idiom)
gǒujítiàoqiáng
狗急跳墙
[狗急跳牆]
- a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
- to be driven to desperate action
shígāoqiángbǎn
石膏墙板
[石膏牆板]
- drywall
- gypsum wallboard
- plasterboard
fúdiāoqiángzhǐ
浮雕墙纸
[浮雕牆紙]
- anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
xiōngdìxìqiáng
兄弟阋墙
[兄弟鬩牆]
- internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
hóngxìngchūqiáng
红杏出墙
[紅杏出牆]
- lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
- fig. a wife having an illicit lover
qiángdǎozhòngréntuī
墙倒众人推
[牆倒眾人推]
- lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)
- fig. everybody hits a man who is down
chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng
拆东墙补西墙
[拆東牆補西牆]
- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)
- fig. to borrow from Peter to pay Paul
lànnífúbùshàngqiáng
烂泥扶不上墙
[爛泥扶不上牆]
- useless (idiom)
- worthless
- inept
lànníhúbùshàngqiáng
烂泥糊不上墙
[爛泥糊不上牆]
- see 爛泥扶不上牆/烂泥扶不上墙 (lànnífúbùshàngqiáng)
méiyǒubùtòufēngdeqiáng
没有不透风的墙
[沒有不透風的牆]
- (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
bùzhuàngnánqiángbùhuítóu
不撞南墙不回头
[不撞南牆不回頭]
- to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)