gǒng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to cup one's hands in salute
  2. 2. to surround
  3. 3. to arch
  4. 4. to dig earth with the snout
  5. 5. arched

Words Containing 拱

假拱
jiǎ gǒng

blind arch

半拱
bàn gǒng

semiarch

圆拱
yuán gǒng

a round vault

打拱
dǎ gǒng

to bow with clasped hands

打拱作揖
dǎ gǒng zuò yī

to bow respectfully with clasped hands

拱墅
gǒng shù

Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

拱墅区
gǒng shù qū

Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

拱墩
gǒng dūn

pillar of a vault

拱坝
gǒng bà

an arch dam

拱度
gǒng dù

camber

拱廊
gǒng láng

triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)

拱形
gǒng xíng

arch

拱手
gǒng shǒu

to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting

拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān

to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)

拱手相让
gǒng shǒu xiāng ràng

lit. to bow and give way (idiom)

拱抱
gǒng bào

to encircle

拱柱
gǒng zhù

pillar of a vault

拱桥
gǒng qiáo

arch bridge

拱状
gǒng zhuàng

arch

拱璧
gǒng bì

a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center

拱肩
gǒng jiān

a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

拱卫
gǒng wèi

to surround and protect

拱道
gǒng dào

archway

拱门
gǒng mén

arched door

拱顶
gǒng dǐng

an arched roof

拱点
gǒng diǎn

(astronomy) apsis; apse

众星拱月
zhòng xīng gǒng yuè

see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]

众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén

lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

猪拱菌
zhū gǒng jūn

Chinese truffle

近拱点
jìn gǒng diǎn

(astronomy) periapsis

远拱点
yuǎn gǒng diǎn

(astronomy) apoapsis

双曲拱桥
shuāng qū gǒng qiáo

double arched bridge