"Tube" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1]
 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4]
 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 / constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards
 chā guǎn (medicine) to intubate / intubation / (endotracheal) tube
 èr jí guǎn diode / vacuum tube
 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube
 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe
 shì guǎn test tube
 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct
 bèi wō quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding) / (contemporary) bedding / quilt / blankets / cover / bed
 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus
 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope
 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor)
 tào tǒng sleeve / a tube for wrapping
 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby
 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube
 guǎn zhòng a restricted view through a bamboo tube
 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube
 bō li guǎn glass tube
 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire)
 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view
 tǒng dēng fluorescent tube or light
 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires)
线 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube
 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube
 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
 tuó sack / tube open at both ends / (onom.) footsteps
 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture
 tǒng tube / cylinder
 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire)
 zhēn dú guǎn detector tube
 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving)
 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope
 shuǐ guǎn miàn tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti) / macaroni
 xiāo huà guǎn digestive tube / gut
 guǎn jǐng tube well
 xíng bō guǎn traveling wave tube (electronics)
 shì guǎn shòu yùn in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation
 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves)
 guāng diàn bèi zēng guǎn photomultiplier tube
 kāi guān zhuāng zhì switching device / switching tube
 shè xiàng guǎn camera tube
 shén jīng guǎn neural tube (embryology)
  pulse neutron tube
  cold-cathode trigger tube
  haematology vacuum test tube
  rotary furnace / rotary kiln / rotating tube furnace
 yǐng xiàng zēng qiǎng guǎn image intensifier tube
 jì suàn guǎn counter tube
  nuclear reactor pressure tube / pressure tube
 gào guǎn zirconium tube
  vortex tube
 chā rù xiōng qiāng dǎo guǎn chest tube insertion
 shì guǎn zhèn dàng qì test tube shaker
  shallow tube well / shallow cased well
 shǒu bèng guǎn jǐng hand-pump tube well
 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube
 qǔ yàng guǎn sampling tube
  sampling tube
 jǐ zhì guǎn extruded tube
  vapour-concentrator tube / air-sample collection tube / sample tube / sniffer tube
  gate silicon intensifier target (SIT) vidicon tube
  tear gas launching tube
  tube worm
 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / to come clean / to make a clean breast of things
 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
 zhú tǒng dào dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean / to make a clean breast of things
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