套绳

套繩

tàoshéng

noun

Measure Word

一条套绳 tiáo

Meanings

1 lasso
2 lariat
3 noose for catching livestock

Characters

to loop / slip over

Examples

牧民用套绳抓住了那匹野马。

Mùmín yòng tàoshéng zhuā zhù le nà pǐ yěmǎ.

The herder caught the wild horse with a lasso.

他甩出套绳，一下就套住了牛角。

Tā shuǎi chū tàoshéng, yīxià jiù tàozhù le niú jiǎo.

He flung the lasso out and looped it around the bull's horns in one go.

Tips

memory

套 (tào) = 'to loop / slip over', 绳 (shéng) = 'rope'. A loop-rope = a lasso. The verb 套 by itself can mean 'to lasso' — 套马 (tào mǎ) 'to rope a horse'.

Stroke Order

套 tào

绳 shéng