滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 轻型轿车 輕型轎車 light sedan / small sedan 代步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation syn 轿子 轎子 jiào zi sedan chair / palanquin / litter syn 花轿 花轎 huā jiào bridal sedan chair syn 迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 轿 轎 jiào sedan chair / palanquin / litter syn 抬轿子 抬轎子 tái jiào zi to carry sb in a sedan chair / flatter / sing praises syn 暖轿 暖轎 nuǎn jiào closed sedan chair 步辇 步輦 bù niǎn (literary) palanquin / sedan chair / (literary) to ride in a palanquin 樏 léi (archaic) simple sedan chair for traveling in the mountains / (archaic) platter with compartments for food (also pr. [lei3]) 折叠椅 折疊椅 zhé dié yǐ folding chair / deck chair 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 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 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 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack 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 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 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 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 小轿车 小轎車 xiǎo jiào chē (automobile) sedan / car syn 三厢 三廂 sān xiāng sedan (automobile body type) 色当 色噹 sè dāng Sedan (French town) 四门轿车 四門轎車 sì mén jiào chē sedan (motor car) 欙 léi sedan 色胆 色膽 sè dǎn boldness in pursuing one's sexual urges 重型轿车 重型轎車 heavy sedan 装甲轿车 裝甲轎車 armoured sedan 中型轿车 中型轎車 medium sedan 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 椅子 yǐ zi chair / CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1] syn 副院长 副院長 fù yuàn zhǎng deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc) 系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 椅背 yǐ bèi the back of a chair 欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn 坐椅 zuò yǐ seat / chair 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 躺椅 tǎng yǐ deck chair / recliner / couch / lounge 座垫 座墊 zuò diàn saddle (of a bicycle) / seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion 摇椅 搖椅 yáo yǐ rocking chair 藤椅 téng yǐ rattan chair 回良玉 huí liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013 转椅 轉椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout 靠背椅 kào bèi yǐ high-back chair 电椅 電椅 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals) 折椅 摺椅 zhé yǐ folding chair 椅 yǐ chair syn 国会议长 國會議長 guó huì yì zhǎng chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress 主席国 主席國 zhǔ xí guó chair country / country holding revolving presidency 角椅 jiǎo yǐ chair designed to fit in corner of a room 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 阿不來提·阿不都熱西提 AbulaitiAbudurexiti Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 教科文组织妇女研究教职 UNESCO Chair on women's studies 教科文组织妇女权利教职 UNESCO Chair on women's rights 主席的结论 Conclusions of the Chair 主席之友 zhǔ xí zhī yǒu friend of the chair 千年发展目标指标问题主席之友 Friends of the Chair on Millennium Development Goals indicators 牙科椅子 dental chair 教科文组织和平、人权和民主教职 教科文組織和平、人權和民主教職 UNESCO Chair on peace, human rights and democracy 区域和平文化教授职位 區域和平文化教授職位 regional Culture of Peace Chair 综合经济统计问题主席之友 綜合經濟統計問題主席之友 Friends of the Chair group on integrated economic statistics 全球经济学教席 全球經濟學教席 chair in global economics 阿不来提・阿不都热西提 阿不來提・阿不都熱西提 ā bù lái tí · ā bù dū rè xī tí Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 高脚椅 高腳椅 gāo jiǎo yǐ stool / high chair 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 阿不來提·阿不都熱西提 ā bù lái tí · ā bù dū rè xī tí Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen syn 幻椅式 huàn yǐ shì chair (yoga pose) 斑竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 紫竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 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 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 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 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 毛竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc syn 