紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 鳈 鰁 quán fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) 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 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 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 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove syn 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 竹箍儿 竹箍兒 zhú gū r bamboo hoop / bamboo band 匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times 竹青 zhú qīng bamboo bark / bamboo green (color) 箮 xuān bamboo flower / flowering bamboo 篹 suǎn ancient bamboo basket for food / variant of 匴[suan3] / bamboo container for hats 湘妃竹 xiāng fēi zhú same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 女贞 女貞 nǚ zhēn privet (genus Ligustrum) 朱雀 zhū què rosefinch (genus Carpodacus) 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 薰衣草 xūn yī cǎo lavender (genus Lavandula) 枸杞 gǒu qǐ wolfberry (Lycium chinense) / genus Lycium syn 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 衣原体 衣原體 yī yuán tǐ Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany) 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 链球菌 鏈球菌 liàn qiú jūn streptococcus (genus of bacteria) 猛犸 猛獁 měng mǎ mammoth (genus Mammuthus) syn 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 鱼虫 魚蟲 yú chóng water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) syn 麻黄 麻黃 má huáng ephedra (genus Ephedra) 扇贝 扇貝 shàn bèi scallop (genus Pecten) 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 苋菜 莧菜 xiàn cài amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) 火龙果 火龍果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 泡桐 pāo tóng Paulownia (genus) syn 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 猪笼草 豬籠草 zhū lóng cǎo tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes) 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 枫 楓 fēng maple (genus Acer) syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 桦 樺 huà (botany) birch (genus Betula) syn 貂 diāo sable or marten (genus Martes) 苋 莧 xiàn amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 鹨 鷚 liù pipit (genus Anthus) 鸫 鶇 dōng thrush (bird of genus Turdus) 栲 kǎo chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees 鹀 鵐 wú (bound form) bunting (bird of genus Emberiza) / also pr. [wu1] 鵟 kuáng buzzard (genus Buteo) 䴓 鳾 shī nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta) 僧帽猴 sēng mào hóu capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae 赤杨 赤楊 chì yáng alder tree (genus Alnus) syn 食火鸡 食火雞 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 苔草属 薹草屬 tái cǎo shǔ Carex genus 鼬属 鼬屬 yòu shǔ Mustela (genus of weasels etc) 伊科病毒 yī kē bìng dú echovirus (RNA virus in genus Enterovirus) 包柔氏螺旋体 包柔氏螺旋體 bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 包氏螺旋体 包氏螺旋體 bāo shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 唐棣 táng dì shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / painter and poet of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 安息香属 安息香屬 ān xī xiāng shǔ Styrax (tree genus) / snowdrop / benzoin 客蚤属 客蚤屬 kè zǎo shǔ Xenopsylla (the flea genus) 寐龙 寐龍 mèi lóng Mei, dinosaur genus / Mei long, dinosaur species 山梨 shān lí rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus) 山靛 shān diàn (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) 巴豆属 巴豆屬 bā dòu shǔ Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] 恐鸟 恐鳥 kǒng niǎo monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand) 戴菊鸟 戴菊鳥 dài jú niǎo kinglet / bird of Regulus genus 接骨木 jiē gǔ mù elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus) 春黄菊属 春黃菊屬 chūn huáng jú shǔ Anthemis, genus of flowers in Compositae including chamomile 暴龙属 暴龍屬 bào lóng shǔ genus Tyrannosaurus 木兰属 木蘭屬 mù lán shǔ Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs 杜鹃花科 杜鵑花科 dù juān huā kē Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea 栘 yí shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / name for a stable during the Han Dynasty 栲属 栲屬 kǎo shǔ Castanopsis, genus of evergreen trees 梨属 梨屬 lí shǔ Pyrus, tree genus containing pears 棕榈属 棕櫚屬 zōng lǘ shǔ palm tree genus (Areca spp.) 樆 lí rowan or mountain ash (genus Sorbus) 模式种 模式種 mó shì zhǒng type species (used to define a genus in taxonomy) 槚 檟 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus) 欧车前 歐車前 ōu chē qián psyllium (genus Plantago) 水鸡 水雞 shuǐ jī moorhen (genus Gallinula) / gallinule / frog 沙棘属 沙棘屬 shā jí shǔ genus Hippophae / sea-buckthorns 沙蚕 沙蠶 shā cán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm 准噶尔翼龙 準噶爾翼龍 zhǔn gá ěr yì lóng Dsungaripterus (genus of pterosaur) 潜鸟 潛鳥 qián niǎo loon (bird of genus Gavia) 无齿翼龙 無齒翼龍 wú chǐ yì lóng Pteranodon (genus of pterosaur) 牵牛属 牽牛屬 qiān niú shǔ Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil) 