管 子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] 筒 子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] 管 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 插 管 chā guǎn (medicine) to intubate / intubation / (endotracheal) tube 软 管 ruǎn guǎn hose / flexible tube 竹 筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 试 管 shì guǎn test tube 输 卵 管 shū luǎn guǎn Fallopian tube / oviduct 被 窝 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 支 气 管 zhī qì guǎn bronchial tube / bronchus 显 像 管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 三 极 管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 套 筒 tào tǒng sleeve / a tube for wrapping 试 管 婴 儿 shì guǎn yīng ér test tube baby 电 子 管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube 真 空 管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube 玻 璃 管 bō li guǎn glass tube 内 胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) 管 窥 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view 筒 灯 tǒng dēng fluorescent tube or light 滴 管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 热 缩 管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 上 梁 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 阴 极 射 线 管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube 咽 鼓 管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube 扩 孔 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole) 橐 sack / tube open at both ends / (onom.) footsteps 琮 jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 管 中 窥 豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture 筩 tube / cylinder 里 带 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) 侦 毒 管 zhēn dú guǎn detector tube 籫 (literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons 中 压 管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 映 像 管 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope 水 管 面 shuǐ guǎn miàn tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti) / macaroni 消 化 管 xiāo huà guǎn digestive tube / gut 管 井 guǎn jǐng tube well 行 波 管 xíng bō guǎn traveling wave tube (electronics) 试 管 受 孕 shì guǎn shòu yùn in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation 速 调 管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves) 光 电 倍 增 管 guāng diàn bèi zēng guǎn photomultiplier tube 开 关 装 置 kāi guān zhuāng zhì switching device / switching tube 摄 象 管 shè xiàng guǎn camera tube 神 经 管 shén jīng guǎn neural tube (embryology) 脉 冲 中 子 管 pulse neutron tube 冷 阴 极 触 发 管 cold-cathode trigger tube 真 空 采 血 试 管 haematology vacuum test tube 旋 转 加 热 炉 rotary furnace / rotary kiln / rotating tube furnace 影 像 增 强 管 yǐng xiàng zēng qiǎng guǎn image intensifier tube 计 算 管 jì suàn guǎn counter tube 反 应 堆 测 压 管 nuclear reactor pressure tube / pressure tube 锆 管 gào guǎn zirconium tube 涡 流 管 vortex tube 插 入 胸 腔 导 管 chā rù xiōng qiāng dǎo guǎn chest tube insertion 试 管 振 荡 器 shì guǎn zhèn dàng qì test tube shaker 浅 管 井 shallow tube well / shallow cased well 手 泵 管 井 shǒu bèng guǎn jǐng hand-pump tube well 开 关 管 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube 取 样 管 qǔ yàng guǎn sampling tube 采 样 管 sampling tube 挤 制 管 jǐ zhì guǎn extruded tube 采 气 管 vapour-concentrator tube / air-sample collection tube / sample tube / sniffer tube 选 通 硅 增 强 靶 摄 像 管 gate silicon intensifier target (SIT) vidicon tube 催 泪 瓦 斯 发 射 管 tear gas launching tube 多 毛 虫 tube worm 竹 筒 倒 豆 子 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / to come clean / to make a clean breast of things 筒 子 米 糕 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) 游 泳 圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 竹 筒 倒 豆 子 zhú tǒng dào dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean / to make a clean breast of things 回 血 huí xuè (medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points / (fig.) to recover (to some extent) 筛 管 shāi guǎn (botany) sieve tube 
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