侏儒 zhū rú dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget syn 矮子 ǎi zi short person / dwarf syn 冥王星 míng wáng xīng Pluto (dwarf planet) 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 矮人 ǎi rén dwarf 麦冬 麥冬 mài dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM 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 矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay 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 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) 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 侏 zhū dwarf 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 白矮星 bái ǎi xīng white dwarf 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 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) 谷神星 穀神星 gǔ shén xīng Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi 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) 富贵竹 富貴竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) 竹器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 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 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 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 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 箨 籜 tuò sheath around joints of bamboo 