竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn 竹器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 篇 piān sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article syn 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 斗笠 dǒu lì conical bamboo hat syn 糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu syn 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc syn 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 竹排 zhú pái bamboo raft 铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 富贵竹 富貴竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) 汉简 漢簡 hàn jiǎn bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty syn 笼屉 籠屜 lóng tì bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum) syn 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 畚箕 běn jī a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan syn 简 簡 jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) syn 笊篱 笊籬 zhào li strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire) 竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 笠 lì bamboo rain hat syn 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 笆 bā an article made of bamboo strips / fence 筵 yán bamboo mat for sitting 汕 shàn bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 簦 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 筠 yún skin of bamboo syn 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 笥 sì square bamboo container for food or clothing 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 笫 zǐ bamboo mat / bed mat 槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn 笪 dá rough bamboo mat syn 笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets 笊 zhào loosely woven bamboo ladle 篪 chí bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes 扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 殳 shū bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc 筌 quán bamboo fish trap 箨 籜 tuò sheath around joints of bamboo 篠 xiǎo dwarf bamboo 簋 guǐ ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 枧 梘 jiǎn bamboo conduit / wooden peg / spout / same as 筧|笕 syn 筅 xiǎn bamboo brush for utensils 筢 pá bamboo rake syn 簰 pái bamboo raft 笭 líng bamboo screen 苠 mín multitude / skin of bamboo 筊 jiǎo bamboo rope 箯 biān bamboo sedan chair 箘 jùn bamboo shoots 莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet 