吧 bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] syn 管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream syn 管子 guǎn zi tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:根[gen1] syn 水管 shuǐ guǎn water pipe 气管 氣管 qì guǎn windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 导管 導管 dǎo guǎn duct / pipe / conduit / (botany) vessel / (medicine) catheter 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 钢管 鋼管 gāng guǎn steel pipe / pole (in pole dancing) 排水管 pái shuǐ guǎn drainpipe / waste pipe 烟枪 煙槍 yān qiāng opium pipe 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 风琴 風琴 fēng qín pipe organ (musical instrument) 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 油管 yóu guǎn oil pipe / (slang) YouTube 管风琴 管風琴 guǎn fēng qín organ / pipe organ 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 套管 tào guǎn pipe casing 水龙 水龍 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 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 吧嗒 bā da (onom.) patter, splatter, click / to smack one's lips / to pull (on a pipe) 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 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 烟袋 煙袋 yān dài tobacco pipe syn 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 昙花 曇花 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) 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 簸箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan syn 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 排气管 排氣管 pái qì guǎn exhaust pipe 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 旱烟 旱煙 hàn yān tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe) 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 芦笙 蘆笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument 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 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 梦幻泡影 夢幻泡影 mèng huàn pào yǐng (Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream syn 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 堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) 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 磕 kē to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) 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 管工 guǎn gōng plumber / pipe-worker 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 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 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 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] 籁 籟 lài a sound / a noise / musical pipe with 3 reeds syn 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 痴想 chī xiǎng to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream syn 水烟袋 水煙袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong / water pipe / hookah syn 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 热导管 熱導管 rè dǎo guǎn heat pipe 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 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 