| 紧箍咒 | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记 ); a spell or incantation for controlling sb | |
| 金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记 | |
| 铁箍 | tiě gū | iron hoop | |
| 袖箍 | xiù gū | armband | |
| 箍桶 | gū tǒng | hooped barrel; to handmake a wooden barrel |
| 1 | He had a towel wound round his head. | |
| 2 | hooped by hand at the forge's fire. | |
| 3 | You must reinforce the packing with metal straps. | |
| 4 | She snapped a rubber band deftly around a roll of bills. | |
| 5 | Still, like Microsoft, the NBA has found that the toughest hoops in China are in the corridors of power. |