竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 联营 聯營 lián yíng joint venture / under joint management 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 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 共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn 集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 接头 接頭 jiē tóu connector / joint / coupling / (coll.) to contact / to get in touch with / to have knowledge of / to be familiar with syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 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 共谋 共謀 gòng móu to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy syn 脱臼 脫臼 tuō jiù dislocation (of a joint) 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 联席会议 聯席會議 lián xí huì yì joint conference 连带 連帶 lián dài to be related / to entail / to involve / joint (liability etc) syn 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 对接 對接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components) syn 股份公司 gǔ fèn gōng sī joint-stock company 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 牙关 牙關 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint 合资 合資 hé zī joint venture 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 合演 hé yǎn to act together / to put on a joint performance 膝关节 膝關節 xī guān jié knee joint syn 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc syn 会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing / to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) 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 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 合股 hé gǔ joint stock / ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn) syn 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 三通 sān tōng T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links 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 骨节 骨節 gǔ jié joint (of the skeleton) 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 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 联保 聯保 lián bǎo joint guarantee (finance, law) 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 结点 結點 jié diǎn joint / node 合营 合營 hé yíng to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 合击 合擊 hé jī combined assault / to mount a joint attack syn 公决 公決 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum syn 共赴 gòng fù joint participation / to go together 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 焊点 焊點 hàn diǎn welding point / (electronics) solder joint 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 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 铆接 鉚接 mǎo jiē to join with rivets / to rivet / riveted joint syn 万向节 萬向節 wàn xiàng jié universal joint system 公私合营 公私合營 gōng sī hé yíng joint public private operation 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 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) 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 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes syn 髋关节 髖關節 kuān guān jié pelvis / hip joint 箔 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn 联署 聯署 lián shǔ joint signatures (on a letter or declaration) 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 箐 qìng to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 