bridge (lit. and fig.)

contract bridge (card game)

(cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge

see 橋東區|桥东区[Qiao2 dong1 Qu1]

abutment (architecture)

bridge pier

either end of a bridge; a bridgehead

to join by or as if by a bridge; to bridge

Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)

(anatomy) pons

see 橋西區|桥西区[Qiao2 xi1 Qu1]

Bridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw)

roadway; floor; deck; bridge floor

bridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory; bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge); (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it); bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)

Qiaodong, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei

bridge (networking)

Qiaoxi, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei; Qiaoxi, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei

(electricity) bridge rectifier

HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998