Usage of the character 绳
shéng
绳
[繩]
- rope
- CL:根 (gēn)
shéngmò
绳墨
[繩墨]
- lit. carpenter's straight line marker
- same as 墨斗
- fig. rules
- rules and regulations
xiànshéng
线绳
[線繩]
- string
- cotton rope
diàoshéng
吊绳
[吊繩]
- sling
zǒushéng
走绳
[走繩]
- tightrope walking
Chōngshéng
冲绳
[沖繩]
- Okinawa, Japan
xìshéng
细绳
[細繩]
- string
- twine
- cord
shéngsuǒ
绳索
[繩索]
- rope
lǎnshéng
缆绳
[纜繩]
- cable
- hawser
- mooring rope
jǐngshéng
井绳
[井繩]
- rope for drawing water from a well
shéngtī
绳梯
[繩梯]
- a rope ladder
jiāngshéng
缰绳
[韁繩]
- reins
zhǔnshéng
准绳
[準繩]
- yardstick
- fig. criterion
- ground rule
zōngshéng
棕绳
[棕繩]
- rope of palm fiber
- coir (coconut fiber)
shéngtào
绳套
[繩套]
- noose
- harness
tóushéng
头绳
[頭繩]
- string to tie hair
tiàoshéng
跳绳
[跳繩]
- to jump rope; to skip
- a skipping rope; a jump rope
qiānshéng
牵绳
[牽繩]
- tow rope
tàoshéng
套绳
[套繩]
- a lasso
shéngwén
绳文
[繩文]
- Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
shéngjié
绳结
[繩結]
- knot
shéngzi
绳子
[繩子]
- cord; string; rope
- CL:條／条 (tiáo)
liàngyīshéng
晾衣绳
[晾衣繩]
- clothesline
shàiyīshéng
晒衣绳
[曬衣繩]
- clothesline
shéngsuǒtào
绳索套
[繩索套]
- a noose
Chōngshéng Dǎo
冲绳岛
[沖繩島]
- Okinawa Island
guóshéngjī
腘绳肌
[膕繩肌]
- hamstring (anatomy)
gāngsīshéng
钢丝绳
[鋼絲繩]
- hawser
- steel rope
Chōngshéngxiàn
冲绳县
[沖繩縣]
- Okinawa prefecture, Japan
shéngzhīyǐfǎ
绳之以法
[繩之以法]
- to punish according to the law
- to bring to justice
guījushéngmò
规矩绳墨
[規矩繩墨]
- compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
- norms
- criteria
Chōngshéng Qúndǎo
冲绳群岛
[沖繩群島]
- the Okinawa archipelago
guījuzhǔnshéng
规矩准绳
[規矩準繩]
- compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard
- norms
- criteria
jìntuìzhōngshéng
进退中绳
[進退中繩]
- to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
níngchéngyīgǔshéng
拧成一股绳
[擰成一股繩]
- to twist (strands) together to form a rope
- (fig.) to unite; to work together
yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha
一条绳上的蚂蚱
[一條繩上的螞蚱]
- lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
- fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
- people who will sink or swim together
yīgēnshéngshàngdemàzha
一根绳上的蚂蚱
[一根繩上的螞蚱]
- see 一條繩上的螞蚱／一条绳上的蚂蚱 (yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha)
yīniánbèishéyǎoshíniánpàjǐngshéng
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
[一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩]
- once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (idiom)
- fig. once bitten, twice shy
yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
[一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩]
- once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- once bitten, twice shy (idiom)