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Jyutping lung4 zi2
Pinyin lóng zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cage
  2. basket
  3. container
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    basket; container
    (syn.) 笼仔, 篓子, 籠仔, 簍子
  2. noun
    cage; coop
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2703
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她把小鸟从笼子里释放出来。
    她把小鳥從籠子裏釋放出來。
    tā bǎ xiǎo niǎo cóng lóng zi lǐ shì fàng chū lái 。
    • She set the bird free from the cage.
  2. Mandarin
    笼子里的蟋蟀吃得跟野生的蟋蟀一样多。
    籠子裡的蟋蟀吃得跟野生的蟋蟀一樣多。
    lóng zi lǐ de xī shuài chī dé gēn yě shēng de xī shuài yī yàng duō 。
    • A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.
  3. Mandarin
    老虎躺在笼子的中间。
    老虎躺在籠子的中間。
    lǎo hǔ tǎng zài lóng zi de zhōng jiān 。
    • The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    有一天,动物园里的袋鼠“越狱”成功了,动物园的管理员们如临大敌,召开了一个紧急会议,讨论为什么袋鼠会逃跑成功,有一个员工认为是笼子高度太低,而让袋鼠爬走了。
    有一天,動物園裏的袋鼠“越獄”成功了,動物園的管理員們如臨大敵,召開了一個緊急會議,討論為什麼袋鼠會逃跑成功,有一個員工認為是籠子高度太低,而讓袋鼠爬走了。
    yǒu yī tiān , dòng wù yuán lǐ de dài shǔ “ yuè yù ” chéng gōng le , dòng wù yuán de guǎn lǐ yuán men rú lín dà dí , zhào kāi le yī ge jǐn jí huì yì , tǎo lùn wèi shén me dài shǔ huì táo pǎo chéng gōng , yǒu yī ge yuán gōng rèn wéi shì lóng zi gāo dù tài dī , ér ràng dài shǔ pá zǒu le .
    • One day, a kangaroo in the zoo successfully "escaped from prison". The zookeepers kept their guards up and convened for an emergency meeting to discuss why the kangaroo succeeded in escaping. One of the staff members thought that the cage was too short and allowed the kangaroo to crawl out.