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"bamboo and wood" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood
Chinese Pinyin Translation
栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn
爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings
栈车 棧車 zhàn chē ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo / CL:輛|辆[liang4]
甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4]
木醇 mù chún wood alcohol / wood spirit / methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / same as 甲醇[jia3 chun2]
树化玉 樹化玉 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood)
木精 mù jīng methanol / methyl alcohol / wood alcohol / wood spirit
亚马孙破布木 亞馬孫破布木 cordia wood / jenny wood
黑林鸽 黑林鴿 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) black wood pigeon / Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina)
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
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
篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn
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
签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn
槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn
尺牍 尺牘 chǐ dú (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message syn
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
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
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
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
土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body
筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn
巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
土木身 tǔ mù shēn one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth)
虎头牌 虎頭牌 hǔ tóu pái tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)
亚太区域木柴能源开发方桉 亞太區域木柴能源開發方案 Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific
无害环境森林公路和木材运输讨论会 無害環境森林公路和木材運輸討論會 Seminar on Environmentally Sound Forest Roads and Wood Transport
国际建筑工人和木工联合会 國際建築工人和木工聯合會 International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
纸和木制品咨询委员会 紙和木制品咨詢委員會 Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products
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
胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn
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.)
竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn
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
簋 guǐ ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo
笙箫 笙簫 shēng xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
肉圆 肉圓 ròu yuán ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
国际竹藤组织 國際竹藤組織 guó jì zhú téng zǔ zhī International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
床笫 chuáng zǐ bed and bamboo sleeping mat / (fig.) bed as a place for intimacy
简牍 簡牘 jiǎn dú bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times) / letter / correspondence / book / document
螺蛳粉 螺螄粉 luó sī fěn luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots)
木材 mù cái wood syn
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn
纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk
木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn
纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe
朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn
伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn
松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch
木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn
理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn
蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn
劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood
苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees
门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn
木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club)
桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood
油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn
刨花 bào huā wood shavings
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology)
木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn
鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood)
形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn
炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn
镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn
蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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