竹子 (zhú zi) — bamboo | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Bamboo the plant (counted with 棵). 竹竿 is the same plant cut into a pole, not the living plant.

noun

bamboo

Measure word · 棵, 支, 根

竹子。
Tā men yòng zhú zi zuò le hěn duō jiā jù.
They made a lot of furniture from bamboo.
竹子。
Zhè zuò shān shàng yǒu chéng qiān shàng wàn kē zhú zi.
On this mountain there are tens of thousands of bamboo plants.
竹子。
Xióng māo měi tiān yào chī hěn duō zhú zi.
Pandas eat a lot of bamboo every day.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

竹 names bamboo, and 子 completes the familiar word.

Characters in this word

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

竹 pictures two bamboo stalks with leaves.

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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