栅栏 柵欄 zhà lán fence syn 围栏 圍欄 wéi lán fencing / railings / fence 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 围墙 圍牆 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4] syn 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc 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 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 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 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 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 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 藩篱 藩籬 fān lí hedge / fence / (fig.) barrier syn 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 分册 分冊 fēn cè fascicle / volume (of a book) 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] 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 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate 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 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 围网 圍網 wéi wǎng seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 篇 piān sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article syn 简 簡 jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) 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 栏 欄 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data) syn 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 笠 lì bamboo rain hat syn 栅 柵 zhà fence / also pr. [shan1] syn 藩 fān fence / hedge / (literary) screen / barrier / vassal state / Taiwan pr. [fan2] syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 篱 籬 lí a fence syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 樊 fán (literary) fence 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 骑墙 騎牆 qí qiáng to sit on the fence (in a dispute) 畚箕 běn jī a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan syn 笆 bā an article made of bamboo strips / fence 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 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] 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 笊 zhào loosely woven bamboo ladle 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) 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 富贵竹 富貴竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) 竹器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 墙垣 牆垣 qiáng yuán wall / fence 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 竹篱笆 竹籬笆 zhú lí bā fence 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 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket 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 筠 yún skin of bamboo syn 笥 sì square bamboo container for food or clothing 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 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 篪 chí bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes 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 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove 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 