竹

zhú

(bound form) bamboo

Kangxi radical 118

这片竹林里有很多小动物。

zhè piàn zhú lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō xiǎo dòng wù。

There are many small animals in this bamboo grove.

他用竹子做了一把椅子。

tā yòng zhú zi zuò le yī bǎ yǐ zi。

He made a chair out of bamboo.

Words with 竹

夹竹桃

jiā zhú táo

oleander (Nerium indicum)

竹篙

zhú gāo

bamboo pole (used to punt a boat)

竹简

zhú jiǎn

bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)

青梅竹马

qīng méi zhú mǎ

lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)

竹山

zhú shān

see 竹山縣|竹山县[Zhu2 shan1 Xian4]

大竹

dà zhú

Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan

金石丝竹

jīn shí sī zhú

lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom)

开运竹

kāi yùn zhú

lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)

凤尾竹

fèng wěi zhú

fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening

麝香石竹

shè xiāng shí zhú

grenadine

龟背竹

guī bèi zhú

split-leaf philodendron

势如破竹

shì rú pò zhú

like a hot knife through butter (idiom)