| 束缚 | shù fù | to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters |
| 缚 | fù | to bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. [fu2] |
| 作茧自缚 | zuò jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard |
| 吐丝自缚 | tǔ sī zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard |
| 手无缚鸡之力 | shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì | without the strength to truss a chicken |
| 捆缚 | kǔn fù | bondage |
| 棕缚 | zōng fù | palm fiber; rope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber) |
| 绑缚 | bǎng fù | to tie up; to bind; to tether |
| 自缚手脚 | zì fù shǒu jiǎo | to bind oneself hand and foot |
| 袒缚 | tǎn fù | to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind |
| 造茧自缚 | zào jiǎn zì fù | to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard |