爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 豆干 豆乾 dòu gān pressed tofu / dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish) 简 簡 jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) syn 笆 bā an article made of bamboo strips / fence 笞 chī to whip with bamboo strips syn 柲 bì weapon handle of bamboo strips 水筲 shuǐ shāo well bucket / pail made of bamboo strips 笞刑 chī xíng whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment) 酒筹 酒籌 jiǔ chóu drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry) 炊帚 chuī zhou pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips 筅帚 xiǎn zhǒu (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips 简册 簡冊 jiǎn cè booklet / brochure / (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together) 篾匠 miè jiàng craftsman who makes articles from bamboo strips 篾席 miè xí mat woven from bamboo strips syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 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 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 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 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 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 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 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 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove syn 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 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 鱼香肉丝 魚香肉絲 yú xiāng ròu sī pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yu2 xiang1] 刀削面 刀削麵 dāo xiāo miàn knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty syn 河粉 hé fěn rice noodles in wide strips 缓冲带 緩沖帶 natural vegetative strips / buffer strip 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn 书牍 書牘 shū dú letter / wooden writing strips (arch.) / general term for letters and documents 改刀 gǎi dāo to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver 鸡柳 雞柳 jī liǔ chicken strips 天然植被带 天然植被帶 tiān rán zhí bèi dài natural vegetative strips / buffer strip 沙琪玛 沙琪瑪 shā qí mǎ sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks 鸡柳条 雞柳條 jī liǔ tiáo (Tw) chicken strips 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece 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 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 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 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied 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 瘦子 shòu zi thin person 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 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 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] 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 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 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive 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 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 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 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 鍱 yè thin plates of metal 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 