"Cloth" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known
 bù liào cloth / material
 zhī wù cloth / woven material / textiles
 bù pǐ cloth (by the yard)
 jià cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups
 bù jīn a cloth
 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline
 sī chóu silk cloth / silk
 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
 mián bù cotton cloth
 bái bù plain white cloth / calico
 bù xié cloth shoes / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
 zhī bù woven cloth / to weave cloth
 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth
 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
 huā bù printed cloth / calico
 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth
 huā ní tweed / checkered cloth
 zhěn jīn pillow cloth
 tǔ bù homespun cloth
 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles
 ní lóng bù nylon cloth
 rǎn bù to dye cloth
便 biàn xié cloth shoes / slippers
 ní zi woolen cloth
 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling
 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
 gé bù hemp cloth
 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread)
 gé kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth
 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50
 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
 duō quiver / woolen cloth
 fú bundle wrapped in cloth
 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back
 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back
 mì power / exponent (math.) / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover / veil
 jū (hemp) / sack cloth
 gē gusset / cloth fitting sleeve under armpit
 bèi paper or cloth pasted together
 fú old form of turban / variant of 袱, cloth wrapper for bundles
 suì fine and loose cloth / tassel
 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
 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed
 pào pào shā seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
 zhì fú ní tweed cloth (used for military uniforms etc)
 qī bù varnished cloth / linoleum
 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities
 dié hempen cloth worn by mourner
 mì cover of cloth for food / veil
 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back
 bù náng qí kǒu lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth / to gag / fig. to silence
 kǎ lì kē calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)
 chī bù to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
 bù náng cloth bag
 cā wǎn bù dish cloth / tea towel
 liào tóu remainder of cloth / scraps
 jiāng yìng to starch / to stiffen cloth with starch
 huǒ huàn bù asbestos cloth
 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
 péng gài bù sail cloth
 nà liáng to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
 cì ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
 cì bù ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
 guǒ shī bù shroud / cloth to wrap a corpse
 biān fú cloth margin / fig. person's appearance / one's dress
 pū chen patch of cloth
&beta  beta cloth
  ground cover / ground cloth / ground sheet
 yī zì jīn headband / strip of cloth worn around the head
 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)
 bāo fu pí r wrapping cloth
 yáng bù machine-woven cloth (old)
 má zhù hemp and ramie / coarse cloth
 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth
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