套索 (tào suǒ) — lasson (used to rope animals); noose (for hanging)

Definition

Examples

• 他用套索套住了那匹马。
  Tā yòng tào suǒ tào zhù le nà pǐ mǎ.
  He lassoed that horse with a ∼.
• 犯人被判处绞刑，脖子上套着套索。
  Fàn rén bèi pàn chǔ jiǎo xíng, bó zi shàng tào zhe tào suǒ.
  The prisoner was sentenced to death by hanging, with a ∼ around the neck.
• 猎人随身带着一条套索，以备不时之需。
  Liè rén suí shēn dài zhe yì tiáo tào suǒ, yǐ bèi bù shí zhī xū.
  The hunter carried a ∼ with him just in case.