布 cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known 布 料 bù liào cloth / material 织 物 zhī wù cloth / woven material / textiles 布 匹 bù pǐ cloth (by the yard) 幏 cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups 布 巾 bù jīn a cloth 包 袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline 丝 绸 sī chóu silk cloth / silk 头 巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban 棉 布 mián bù cotton cloth 白 布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico 布 鞋 bù xié cloth shoes / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] 织 布 zhī bù woven cloth / to weave cloth 坯 布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 蜡 染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 花 布 huā bù printed cloth / calico 毛 料 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth 花 呢 huā ní tweed / checkered cloth 枕 巾 zhěn jīn pillow cloth 土 布 tǔ bù homespun cloth 府 绸 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) 布 帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles 尼 龙 布 ní lóng bù nylon cloth 染 布 rǎn bù to dye cloth 便 鞋 biàn xié cloth shoes / slippers 呢 子 ní zi woolen cloth 褡 裢 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling 裹 脚 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 葛 布 gé bù hemp cloth 块 lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units 块 lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units 笔 套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) 葛 kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth 巾 towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 褐 brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] 哆 quiver / woolen cloth 袱 bundle wrapped in cloth 褓 cloth for carrying baby on back 襁 cloth for carrying baby on back 幂 power / exponent (math.) / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover / veil 苴 (hemp) / sack cloth 袼 gusset / cloth fitting sleeve under armpit 褙 paper or cloth pasted together 幞 old form of turban / variant of 袱, cloth wrapper for bundles 繐 fine and loose cloth / tassel 量 力 而 为 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth 布 衣 韦 带 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed 泡 泡 纱 pào pào shā seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples) 制 服 呢 zhì fú ní tweed cloth (used for military uniforms etc) 漆 布 qī bù varnished cloth / linoleum 布 帛 菽 粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities 絰 hempen cloth worn by mourner 羃 cover of cloth for food / veil 繈 cloth for carrying baby on back 布 囊 其 口 bù náng qí kǒu lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth / to gag / fig. to silence 卡 利 科 kǎ lì kē calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India) 吃 布 chī bù to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener) 布 囊 bù náng cloth bag 擦 碗 布 cā wǎn bù dish cloth / tea towel 料 头 liào tóu remainder of cloth / scraps 浆 硬 jiāng yìng to starch / to stiffen cloth with starch 火 浣 布 huǒ huàn bù asbestos cloth 看 菜 吃 饭 ， 量 体 裁 衣 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means 篷 盖 布 péng gài bù sail cloth 纳 粮 nà liáng to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc) 絘 ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth 絘 布 cì bù ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth 裹 尸 布 guǒ shī bù shroud / cloth to wrap a corpse 边 幅 biān fú cloth margin / fig. person's appearance / one's dress 铺 衬 pū chen patch of cloth &beta 布 beta cloth 垫 布 ground cover / ground cloth / ground sheet 一 字 巾 yī zì jīn headband / strip of cloth worn around the head 老 头 乐 lǎo tóu lè backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc) 包 袱 皮 儿 bāo fu pí r wrapping cloth 洋 布 yáng bù machine-woven cloth (old) 麻 苎 má zhù hemp and ramie / coarse cloth 一 路 货 色 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth
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