竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 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 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 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo 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 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 森林 sēn lín forest / CL:片[pian4] syn 树林 樹林 shù lín woods / grove / forest syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) 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 热带雨林 熱帶雨林 rè dài yǔ lín tropical rain forest 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 红树林 紅樹林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp 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 山火 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station / forest management area 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 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance syn 针叶林 針葉林 zhēn yè lín needle-leaved forest 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 森林资源 森林資源 sēn lín zī yuán forest resources 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 碑林 bēi lín Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 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 铲平 鏟平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) / to raze (a building, forest etc) 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.) 管窥 管窺 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view syn 封山育林 fēng shān yù lín to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 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 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 笠 lì bamboo rain hat syn 林子 lín zi woods / grove / forest 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 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 蝰蛇 kuí shé forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) 畚箕 běn jī a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan 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] 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 竹管 zhú guǎn bamboo pipe 竹制 竹製 zhú zhì made of bamboo 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 次生林 cì shēng lín secondary growth of forest syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 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) 冰糖葫芦 冰糖葫蘆 bīng táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu syn 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 箭竹 jiàn zhú bamboo (genus Fargesia) 鱼鼓 魚鼓 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) 杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) 林火 lín huǒ forest fire 混交林 hùn jiāo lín mixed forest 富贵竹 富貴竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) 