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huán
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. ring
  2. 2. hoop
  3. 3. loop
  4. 4. (chain) link
  5. 5. classifier for scores in archery etc
  6. 6. to surround
  7. 7. to encircle
  8. 8. to hem in

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保从我做起。
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Words Containing 环

操作环境
cāo zuò huán jìng

operating environment

循环小数
xún huán xiǎo shù

recurring decimal

环化
huán huà

to cyclize

环球
huán qiú

around the world

环境污染
huán jìng wū rǎn

environmental pollution

循环论证
xún huán lùn zhèng

circular argument

避孕环
bì yùn huán

coil

丙环唑
bǐng huán zuò

propiconazole (antifungal agent)

变焦环
biàn jiāo huán

(photography) focus ring

环箍
huán gū

a hoop

环形结构
huán xíng jié gòu

ring configuration

环面
huán miàn

ring surface

环境损害
huán jìng sǔn hài

environmental damage

五环
wǔ huán

five rings

天津环球金融中心
tiān jīn huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower

环境影响评估
huán jìng yǐng xiǎng píng gū

environmental impact assessment EIA

九连环
jiǔ lián huán

Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle

循环性
xún huán xìng

cyclical

环形路
huán xíng lù

circular road

环视
huán shì

to look around (a room etc)

门环
mén huán

door knocker (in the shape of a ring)

大环境
dà huán jìng

the environment (from a macro perspective); the broader context; the bigger picture

作业环境
zuò yè huán jìng

operating environment

环住
huán zhù

to embrace

社会环境
shè huì huán jìng

social environment; milieu

环围
huán wéi

to form a ring around

红环
hóng huán

Rotring (company)

环江县
huán jiāng xiàn

Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi

郎肯循环
láng kěn xún huán

Rankine cycle (engineering)

连环
lián huán

chain

大气环流
dà qì huán liú

atmospheric circulation

环境
huán jìng

environment

铜环
tóng huán

brass ring

环颈山鹧鸪
huán jǐng shān zhè gū

(bird species of China) hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)

中国国家环保局
zhōng guó guó jiā huán bǎo jú

PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)

客户机服务器环境
kè hù jī fú wù qì huán jìng

client-server environment

大环
dà huán

Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong

吊环
diào huán

rings (gymnastics)

环节
huán jié

(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)

环法自行车赛
huán fǎ zì xíng chē sài

Tour de France cycle race

拉环
lā huán

ring pull (can)

虚拟环境
xū nǐ huán jìng

virtual environment

环太平洋火山带
huán tài píng yáng huǒ shān dài

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

良性循环
liáng xìng xún huán

virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)

扣环
kòu huán

ring fastener

循环使用
xún huán shǐ yòng

recycle

环保主义
huán bǎo zhǔ yì

environmentalism

杨玉环
yáng yù huán

Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[yáng guì fēi] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng]

环境温度
huán jìng wēn dù

environmental temperature

备用环
bèi yòng huán

backup ring

花环
huā huán

garland

生态环境
shēng tài huán jìng

ecosystem

环形公路
huán xíng gōng lù

ring road

环太平洋地震带
huán tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

环太平洋
huán tài píng yáng

Pacific Rim

火环
huǒ huán

Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

李瑞环
lǐ ruì huán

Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician

连环杀手
lián huán shā shǒu

serial killer

鼻环
bí huán

nose ring

环烷烃
huán wán tīng

cycloalkane

环卫工人
huán wèi gōng rén

sanitation worker

环比
huán bǐ

(statistics) period on period (i.e. \month on month\ or \quarter on quarter\ etc, depending on the context)

环状列石
huán zhuàng liè shí

circular standing stones

环球定位系统
huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

汇流环
huì liú huán

slip-ring

芳香环
fāng xiāng huán

benzene ring (chemistry)

包皮环切
bāo pí huán qiē

circumcision

环戊烯
huán wù xī

cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms)

环顾
huán gù

to look around

四环素
sì huán sù

tetracycline

环带
huán dài

clitellum (worm anatomy)

计分环
jì fēn huán

scoring ring (on shooting target)

环节动物
huán jié dòng wù

annelid (worm)

雏菊花环
chú jú huā huán

daisy chain

杂环
zá huán

heterocyclic (chemistry)

脂环烃
zhī huán tīng

alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring)

环形
huán xíng

ring-shaped

生态环境游
shēng tài huán jìng yóu

ecotourism

环保局
huán bǎo jú

environment protection office

环评
huán píng

environmental impact assessment (EIA)

子宫环
zǐ gōng huán

intrauterine device (IUD)

环顾四周
huán gù sì zhōu

to look around

环境行动主义
huán jìng xíng dòng zhǔ yì

environmentalism

环氧树脂
huán yǎng shù zhī

epoxy resin (chemistry)

生存环境
shēng cún huán jìng

habitat; living environment

环线
huán xiàn

ring road

环环相扣
huán huán xiāng kòu

closely linked with one another

环球旅行
huán qiú lǚ xíng

journey around the world

薄弱环节
bó ruò huán jié

weak link

上环
shàng huán

(coll.) to be fitted with an IUD; (of a doctor) to insert an IUD

滑环
huá huán

slip ring

环境因素
huán jìng yīn sù

environmental factor

环颈鸻
huán jǐng héng

(bird species of China) Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

环法
huán fǎ

Tour de France cycle race

环形山
huán xíng shān

crater

环境影响
huán jìng yǐng xiǎng

environmental impact

令牌环
lìng pái huán

token ring

环境卫生
huán jìng wèi shēng

environmental sanitation

玉环
yù huán

Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang

冠脉循环
guān mài xún huán

coronary circulation

主环
zhǔ huán

primary ring

血液循环
xuè yè xún huán

blood circulation

环肌
huán jī

circular muscle

环翠
huán cuì

Huancui district of Weihai city 威海市, Shandong

环境创设
huán jìng chuàng shè

design of a learning environment for young children, incorporating artwork designed to appeal to them

分布式环境
fēn bù shì huán jìng

distributed environment (computing)

环县
huán xiàn

Huan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[qìng yáng], Gansu

运算环境
yùn suàn huán jìng

operating environment

路环
lù huán

Coloane, an island of Macao

恶性循环
è xìng xún huán

vicious circle

环香
huán xiāng

incense coil

环渤海湾地区
huán bó hǎi wān dì qū

Bohai Economic Rim (economic region including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong)

环江毛南族自治县
huán jiāng máo nán zú zì zhì xiàn

Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi

环保主义者
huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě

environmentalist

湾环
wān huán

twisting river

柠檬酸循环
níng méng suān xún huán

citric acid cycle

六环路
liù huán lù

Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008

索尔兹伯里石环
suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ shí huán

Stonehenge

苯环利定
běn huán lì dìng

phencyclidine (PCP)

苯环
běn huán

benzene ring (chemistry)

外环线
wài huán xiàn

outer ring (road or rail line)

环礁
huán jiāo

atoll

循环
xún huán

to cycle

闭环
bì huán

closed loop

环秀山庄
huán xiù shān zhuāng

Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty in Suzhou, Jiangsu

整环
zhěng huán

integral domain (abstract algebra)

循环赛
xún huán sài

round-robin tournament

险象环生
xiǎn xiàng huán shēng

dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils

钩环
gōu huán

shackle (U-shaped link)

环境保护
huán jìng bǎo hù

environmental protection

环磷酰胺
huán lín xiān àn

cyclophosphamide (medication)

连环图
lián huán tú

comic strip

环游
huán yóu

to travel around (the world, a country etc)

链环
liàn huán

chain link

环保厅
huán bǎo tīng

(provincial) department of environmental protection

北京环球金融中心
běi jīng huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper

五环会徽
wǔ huán huì huī

Olympic rings

圆环
yuán huán

ring (any circular object)

环城
huán chéng

encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc)

连环画
lián huán huà

lianhuanhua (graphic novel)

网路环境
wǎng lù huán jìng

network environment

环路
huán lù

ring road

环烃
huán tīng

cyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring)

环保部
huán bǎo bù

Ministry of Environmental Protection

环极涡旋
huán jí wō xuán

circumpolar vortex

环保科学
huán bǎo kē xué

environmental science

正牙带环
zhèng yá dài huán

orthodontic brace

环绕
huán rào

to surround

保环主义
bǎo huán zhǔ yì

environmentalism

密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统
mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng

closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)

环幕
huán mù

360° cinema screen

中环
zhōng huán

Central, Hong Kong Island

环球化
huán qiú huà

globalization

环江
huán jiāng

Huanjiang Maonanzu autonomous county in Guangxi

结草衔环
jié cǎo xián huán

to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)

燃料循环
rán liào xún huán

fuel cycle

环保斗士
huán bǎo dòu shì

an environmental activist

上海环球金融中心
shàng hǎi huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn

Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper

佩环
pèi huán

ring-like jade belt pendant

令牌环网
lìng pái huán wǎng

token ring network

环境保护部
huán jìng bǎo hù bù

(PRC) Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

环衬
huán chèn

endpaper

环卫
huán wèi

public cleanliness

环状
huán zhuàng

annular

环抱
huán bào

to encircle

循环系统
xún huán xì tǒng

circulatory system

丫环
yā huan

servant girl

玉环县
yù huán xiàn

Yuhuan county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang

开发环境
kāi fā huán jìng

development environment (computer)

环翠区
huán cuì qū

Huancui district of Weihai city 威海市, Shandong

指环
zhǐ huán

(finger) ring

环岛
huán dǎo

traffic circle; rotary; roundabout

环氧乙烷
huán yǎng yǐ wán

ethylene oxide

环保型
huán bǎo xíng

environmental

连环计
lián huán jì

interlocked stratagems

手环
shǒu huán

wristband

联合国环境规划署
lián hé guó huán jìng guī huà shǔ

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

环球时报
huán qiú shí bào

Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào])

国家环保总局
guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú

(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[huán jìng bǎo hù bù]

环节动物门
huán jié dòng wù mén

Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms

日环食
rì huán shí

an annular eclipse of the sun

包皮环切术
bāo pí huán qiē shù

circumcision

八十天环游地球
bā shí tiān huán yóu dì qiú

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[rú lè · fán ěr nà]

符记环
fú jì huán

token ring (computing)

温盐环流
wēn yán huán liú

thermohaline circulation (oceanography)

网络环境
wǎng luò huán jìng

network environment

环保
huán bǎo

environmental protection

环球音乐集团
huán qiú yīn yuè jí tuán

Universal Music Group

循环节
xún huán jié

recurring section of a rational decimal

光环
guāng huán

halo

耳环
ěr huán

earring

环球唱片
huán qiú chàng piàn

Universal Records

铁环
tiě huán

an iron ring

中国国家环境保护总局
zhōng guó guó jiā huán jìng bǎo hù zǒng jú

PRC State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA)