毛竹 (máo zhú) — moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a large timber bamboo native to China

Definition

noun
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a large timber bamboo native to China
Measure word · 棵

Examples

  • 毛竹。
    Zhè piàn shān shàng zhǎng mǎn le máo zhú.
    This mountain is covered with moso bamboo.
  • 毛竹，。
    máo zhú De zhú sǔn wèi dào xiān měi, kě yǐ zuò chéng cài.
    Moso bamboo shoots are delicious and can be cooked into dishes.
  • 毛竹，。
    Zhè zhǒng máo zhú de zhú gān fēi cháng cū zhuàng, shì hé zuò jiā jù.
    This kind of moso bamboo has very thick stalks, suitable for making furniture.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

毛máohair
竹zhúbamboo

The hair part and the bamboo part combine to name a hairy bamboo.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

毛 is drawn as a feather or hair, with its strokes tracing the shape of the feather or hair.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

竹 pictures two bamboo stalks with leaves.

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