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竹

zhú

HSK 5 Character

What 竹 means

1. bound formbamboo
2. Kangxi radical 118

Example sentences

• 熊猫以竹为食。
  Pandas feed on bamboo grass.
• 汤姆被敲竹杠了。
  Tāngmǔ bèi qiāo zhúgàng le.
  Tom got ripped off.
• 花园里有竹子在生长。
  Huāyuán lǐ yǒu zhúzi zài shēngzhǎng.
  There's bamboo growing in the garden.
• 只有竹内没有接受邀请。
  Zhǐ yǒu Zhúnèi méiyǒu jiēshòu yāoqǐng.
  Only Takeuchi didn't accept the invitation.
• 新竹的风很大，因此有「风城」的美称。
  Hsinchu is very windy, which is why it is nicknamed the "Windy City."
• 春天的时候，新竹城外的竹林特别翠绿。
  In spring, the bamboo grove outside Hsinchu City is especially green.

Words starting with 竹

• 竹子zhú zibamboo
• 竹林zhú línbamboo forest
• 竹竿zhú gānbamboo pole
• 竹筒zhú tǒngbamboo tube; bamboo pipe
• 竹简zhú jiǎnbamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
• 竹笋zhú sǔnbamboo shoot
• 竹篮zhú lánwicker basket
• 竹园Zhú yuánChuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
• 竹内Zhú nèiTakeuchi (Japanese surname)
• 竹刀zhú dāoshinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
• 竹北Zhú běiZhubei, a city in Hsinchu County 新竹县
• 竹器zhú qìutensil made of bamboo
• 竹岛Zhú dǎoTakeshima (Korean Dokdo 独岛
• 竹布zhú bùlight cotton fabric
• 竹排zhú páibamboo raft
• 竹木zhú mùbamboo and wood
• 竹板zhú bǎnbamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
• 竹管zhú guǎnbamboo pipe
• 竹节zhú jiébamboo joint
• 竹签zhú qiānbamboo skewer; bamboo slip used in divination or gambling
• 竹编zhú biānwickerwork
• 竹席zhú xíbamboo mat
• 竹制zhú zhìmade of bamboo
• 竹青zhú qīngbamboo bark; bamboo green (color)

Words containing 竹

• 爆竹bào zhúfirecracker
• 胸有成竹xiōng yǒu chéng zhú(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
• 青梅竹马qīng méi zhú mǎlit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games…
• 新竹Xīn zhúXinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries…
• 夹竹桃jiā zhú táooleander (Nerium oleander)
• 丝竹sī zhútraditional Chinese musical instruments; music
• 毛竹máo zhúmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
• 山竹shān zhúmangosteen
• 文竹wén zhúsetose asparagus
• 斑竹bān zhúmottled bamboo
• 炮竹pào zhúfirecracker
• 玉竹yù zhúangular Solomon's seal; Polygonatum odoratum
• 班竹Bān zhúBanjul, capital of Gambia (Tw)
• 石竹shí zhúChina pink; Dianthus chinensis (botany)
• 空竹kōng zhúChinese yo-yo
• 箭竹jiàn zhúbamboo (genus Fargesia)
• 紫竹zǐ zhúblack bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
• 腐竹fǔ zhúrolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated)
• 苦竹kǔ zhúbitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
• 大竹县Dà zhú XiànDazhu, a county in Dazhou City 达州市
• 富贵竹fù guì zhúlucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
• 放爆竹fàng bào zhúto set off firecrackers
• 新竹市Xīn zhú shìHsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
• 新竹县Xīn zhú XiànXinzhu or Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan

Characters that look like 竹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 估gūto estimate
• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider

Sounds the same

Read zhú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逐(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
• 烛candle; (literary) to illuminate
• 术various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including…
• 蠋caterpillar
• 躅used in 踯躅
• 窋in a hole
• 舳poopdeck; stern of boat
• ⺮"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
• 瘃chilblain
• 蓫(weed); Phytolacca acinosa
• 竺surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 爥old variant of 烛