条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 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 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 竹子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] syn 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 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 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 竹马 竹馬 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 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 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 竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 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 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 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 竹荪 竹蓀 zhú sūn bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 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 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive 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 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) 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 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 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 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 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 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] 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 