Usage of the character 笼

(of food) to be taken out of the steamer
(fig.) (often used with 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)) (of products, information etc) to appear
to emerge
to come out
(fig.) to dump
to inundate the market

lǒngtǒng

笼统

[籠統]

general
broad
sweeping
lacking in detail
vague

lǒngzhào

笼罩

[籠罩]

to envelop
to shroud

lóngniǎo

笼鸟

[籠鳥]

a caged bird

fánlóng

樊笼

[樊籠]

bird cage
(fig.) prison
confinement

zhēnglóng

蒸笼

[蒸籠]

steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)

huílóng

回笼

[回籠]

to steam again
to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer
to withdraw currency from circulation

dēnglóng

灯笼

[燈籠]

lantern

qìlóng

气笼

[氣籠]

air pipe
bamboo air pipe used to aerate granary

guànlóng

罐笼

[罐籠]

(mining) mine cage

dìlóng

地笼

[地籠]

cage-like fish trap

láolóng

牢笼

[牢籠]

cage
trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
fig. bonds (of wrong ideas)
shackles (of past misconceptions)
to trap
to shackle

guōguōlóng

蝈蝈笼

[蟈蟈籠]

cage for singing cicada

dēnglóngyú

灯笼鱼

[燈籠魚]

lantern fish

dēnglóngguǒ

灯笼果

[燈籠果]

cape gooseberry
Peruvian ground-cherry
Physalis peruviana

dēnglóngkù

灯笼裤

[燈籠褲]

bloomers
plus fours
knickerbockers

xiǎolóngbāo

小笼包

[小籠包]

steamed dumpling

dēnglónghuā

灯笼花

[燈籠花]

Chinese enkianthus

hōnglóngr

烘笼儿

[烘籠兒]

bamboo drying frame

zhūlóngcǎo

猪笼草

[豬籠草]

tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)

jìnzhūlóng

浸猪笼

[浸豬籠]

to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭 (chéntán)

xiǎolóngtāngbāo

小笼汤包

[小籠湯包]

steamed soup dumpling

lóngniǎojiànyuán

笼鸟槛猿

[籠鳥檻猿]

bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner

xiànrùláolóng

陷入牢笼

[陷入牢籠]

to fall into a trap
ensnared

shuìhuílóngjiào

睡回笼觉

[睡回籠覺]

to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning)
to sleep in

shēnxiànláolóng

身陷牢笼

[身陷牢籠]

fallen into a trap

jiànhuālónghè

槛花笼鹤

[檻花籠鶴]

a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

Dàhóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà

大红灯笼高高挂

[大紅燈籠高高掛]

Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀／张艺谋 ( Zhāng Yìmóu)