拱 gung² {gǒng}

1. to cup one's hands in salute
2. to surround
3. to arch
4. to dig earth with the snout
5. arched

拱北 gung² bak¹ {gǒng běi}

Gongbei

拱壩〔-坝〕 gung² baa³ {gǒng bà}

an arch dam

拱璧 gung² bik¹ {gǒng bì}

1. a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
2. fig. a treasure

拱柱 gung² cyu⁵ {gǒng zhù}

pillar of a vault

拱頂〔-顶〕 gung² deng² {gǒng dǐng}

1. an arched roof
2. a dome
3. a vault

拱墩 gung² deon¹ {gǒng dūn}

pillar of a vault

拱度 gung² dou⁶ {gǒng dù}

1. arched
2. convex curve surface
3. camber (slightly arched road surface)

拱道 gung² dou⁶ {gǒng dào}

archway

拱肩 gung² gin¹ {gǒng jiān}

a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

拱形 gung² jing⁴ {gǒng xíng}

arch

拱橋〔-桥〕 gung² kiu⁴ {gǒng qiáo}

arch bridge

拱廊 gung² long⁴ {gǒng láng}

triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)

拱門〔-门〕 gung² mun⁴ {gǒng mén}

arched door

拱抱 gung² pou⁵ {gǒng bào}

1. to enfold
2. to encircle

拱手 gung² sau² {gǒng shǒu}

1. to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
2. fig. submissive

拱墅 gung² seoi⁵ {Gǒng shù}

Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang

拱衛〔-卫〕 gung² wai⁶ {gǒng wèi}

to surround and protect

拱狀〔-状〕 gung² zong⁶ {gǒng zhuàng}

1. arch
2. vault
3. arched

拱墅區〔--区〕 gung² seoi⁵ keoi¹ {Gǒng shù qū}

Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang

拱手旁觀〔---观〕 gung² sau² pong⁴ gun¹ {gǒng shǒu páng guān}

to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)

拱手相讓〔---让〕 gung² sau² soeng¹ joeng⁶ {gōng shǒu xiāng ràng}

1. to bow and give way (idiom)
2. to surrender sth readily