| 竹 | 1383B05 92S.00-8 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄓㄨˊ [zhu2] | ||
| N. | (1) ([zhu2zi0]) Bamboo: 竹林 bamboo grove; 竹筒 bamboo section used as penholder, etc.; 勢如破竹 as easy as splitting bamboo--used of ease in slashing through enemy ranks; 胸有成竹 painter has image of bamboo in his mind before he paints it--of person ready to meet some situation; 竹報平安 (allu.) family letter reporting all is well; also used in New Year red scroll. (2) The flute, as one of the eight classes of music instruments (八音). (3) A radical: 竹字頭兒 the radical 竹. | |||||
| Words | 1. 竹帛 [zhu2bo2], n., bamboo and silk; formerly, bamboo sticks and silk as writing material. 2. 竹布 [zhu2bu4], n., a kind of imported cotton cloth. 3. 竹蜂 [zhu2feng1], n., a kind of bee, Osmia rufa. 4. 竹夫人 [zhu2fu1ren2], n., a woven oblong bamboo basket for resting legs in bed in place of cushion or pillow in summer. 5. 竹槓 [zhu2gang4], n., as in 敲竹槓，敲他竹槓 force person to pay by deceit or blackmail; make friends pay or sponge on friends. 6. 竹竿 [zhu2gan1], n., bamboo pole. 7. 竹根青 [zhu2gen1qing1], n., bamboo green color. 8. 竹工 [zhu2gong1], n., basket weaver; bamboo craft. 9. 竹黃 [zhu2huang2], n., skin of bamboo below the green covering, used as powder in medicine; see [zhu2ru2]↓. 10. 竹雞 [zhu2ji1], n., a kind of quail. 11. 竹  [zhu2jian3], n., bamboo strips, used for writing before paper was invented.12. 竹節鞭 [zhu2jie2bian1], n., iron whip made of sections (like bamboo). 13. 竹紙 [zhu2zhi3], n., paper made from bamboo. 14. 竹瀝 [zhu2li4], n., liquid obtained from fumigating bamboo--a medicine for reducing fever. 15. 竹馬 [zhu2ma3], n., esp. in 青梅竹馬 (allu.) childhood games (“riding on a bamboo stick for a horse”). 16. 竹篾 [zhu2mie4], n., bamboo splints, being outer layer of bamboo, used much in weaving for its smoothness. 17. 竹米 [zhu2mi3], n., bamboo seeds (also called 竹實) made into flour, Bambusa. 18. 竹批兒 [zhu2pie1er0], n., long pieces of split bamboo. 19. 竹蓐 [zhu2ru4], n., edible mushroom, grown on old bamboo roots, like 木耳 (also called 竹肉), used also in medicine. 20. 竹茹 [zhu2ru2], n., see [zhu2huang2]↑. 21. 竹笘 [zhu2shan1], n., formerly, a kind of slate, made from bamboo and coated with white clay, for children's practice in writing. 22. 竹鼠 [zhu2shu3], n., a field mouse which feeds on bamboo roots. 23. 竹實 [zhu2shi2], n., wheat-like bamboo seeds, see [zhu2mi3]↑. 24. 竹  [zhu2sun3], n., bamboo shoots, a delicacy.25. 竹菜 [zhu2cai4], n., (bot.) edible plant, Chamaele tenera. 26. 竹葉青 [zhu2ye4qing1], (1) an old vintage Shauhshing 紹興 wine; [zhu2ye4qing1], (2) name of a snake, Trimeresurus gramineus. 27. 竹輿 [zhu2yU2], n., simple light mountain sedan chair with bamboo poles and seat. | |||||