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juān
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. to confine
  2. 2. to lock up
  3. 3. to pen in

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 630268)

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Words Containing 圈

罗圈
luó quān

round frame of a sieve

磁气圈
cí qì quān

magnetosphere

项圈
xiàng quān

necklace

暴风圈
bào fēng quān

(meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon)

风圈
fēng quān

ring around the moon

可圈可点
kě quān kě diǎn

remarkable (performance, achievement etc)

圈内
quān nèi

close circle

跑马圈地
pǎo mǎ quān dì

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

鲅鱼圈
bà yú quān

Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[yíng kǒu shì], Liaoning

朋友圈
péng you quān

Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信[wēi xìn])

圆圈
yuán quān

circle

圈套
quān tào

trap; snare; trick

起圈
qǐ juàn

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

马圈
mǎ juàn

stable

转圈
zhuàn quān

to rotate

圈数
quān shù

number of laps

麦田怪圈
mài tián guài quān

crop circle

圈圈
quān quan

to draw a circle

纬线圈
wěi xiàn quān

line of latitude

洋葱圈
yáng cōng quān

onion ring

水圈
shuǐ quān

the earth's ocean

中圈套
zhòng quān tào

to fall in a trap

饭圈
fàn quān

fan community

圈状物
quān zhuàng wù

hoop

套圈
tào quān

ferrule

大东亚共荣圈
dà dōng yà gòng róng quān

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

圈地运动
quān dì yùn dòng

Enclosure Movement

线圈
xiàn quān

solenoid (electrical engineering)

绕一圈
rào yī quān

to go around one time

软流圈
ruǎn liú quān

asthenosphere (geology)

猪圈
zhū juàn

pigsty (lit. and fig.)

大气圈
dà qì quān

atmosphere

线圈般
xiàn quān bān

solenoid (electrical engineering)

栏圈
lán quān

pen

钻圈
zuān quān

jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)

生态圈
shēng tài quān

ecosphere

圈圈点点
quān quan diǎn diǎn

annotations made in a book

气圈
qì quān

(planet) atmosphere

博客圈
bó kè quān

blogosphere

政圈
zhèng quān

government circle

蒙圈
mēng quān

(Internet slang) dazed

呼拉圈
hū lā quān

hula hoop (loanword)

设圈套
shè quān tào

to scam

圈定
quān dìng

to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it

圈a
quān a

at symbol, @

救生圈
jiù shēng quān

life buoy; life belt

岩石圈
yán shí quān

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

岩流圈
yán liú quān

asthenosphere (geology)

胶圈
jiāo quān

rubber ring

篮圈
lán quān

(basketball) hoop

罗氏线圈
luó shì xiàn quān

Rogowski coil

眼圈红了
yǎn quān hóng le

to be on the verge of tears

弹簧垫圈
tán huáng diàn quān

spring washer

花圈
huā quān

wreath

游泳圈
yóu yǒng quān

swim ring

大圆圈
dà yuán quān

great circle (in spherical geometry)

圈圈叉叉
quān quān chā chā

tic-tac-toe

摸八圈
mō bā quān

to play mahjong

圈地
quān dì

staking a claim to territory

光圈
guāng quān

aperture

垫圈
diàn juàn

to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc

圈钱
quān qián

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

出圈
chū juàn

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

商圈
shāng quān

commercial district

紧凑渺子线圈
jǐn còu miǎo zǐ xiàn quān

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)

钢圈
gāng quān

wheel rim

黑眼圈
hēi yǎn quān

dark circles (under one's eyes)

绕圈子
rào quān zi

to go around in circles

圈点
quān diǎn

to mark a text with dots and circles

油炸圈饼
yóu zhá quān bǐng

doughnut

生物圈
shēng wù quān

biosphere

感应线圈
gǎn yìng xiàn quān

induction coil

垫圈
diàn quān

washer (on bolt)

圈子
quān zi

circle

演艺圈
yǎn yì quān

show business

罗圈架
luó quān jià

a quarrel in which third parties get involved

呼啦圈
hū lā quān

hula hoop (loanword)

眼圈
yǎn quān

rim of the eye

贵圈真乱
guì quān zhēn luàn

(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

纬圈
wěi quān

line of latitude

成圈
chéng quān

to form a circle, ring or loop

怪圈
guài quān

vicious circle

圈养
juàn yǎng

to rear (an animal) in an enclosure

兜圈子
dōu quān zi

to encircle

文化圈
wén huà quān

sphere of cultural influence

鲅鱼圈区
bà yú quān qū

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

斯托肯立石圈
sī tuō kěn lì shí quān

Stonehenge stone circle

罗圈腿
luó quān tuǐ

bow-legged

无钢圈
wú gāng quān

wireless (bra)

烟圈
yān quān

smoke ring

经圈
jīng quān

line of longitude

颈圈
jǐng quān

collar (animal)

北极圈
běi jí quān

Arctic Circle

圈粉
quān fěn

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

甜甜圈
tián tián quān

doughnut