Definition

Examples

• 他用一根竿子把树上的水果打下来了。
  Tā yòng yì gēn gān zǐ bǎ shù shàng de shuǐguǒ dǎ xiàlai le.
  He used a bamboo pole to knock down the fruit from the tree.
• 这根竿子太短了，够不到河中间。
  Zhè gēn gān zǐ tài duǎn le, gòu bú dào hé zhōngjiān.
  This bamboo pole is too short to reach the middle of the river.
• 爷爷用竿子做了一个晾衣架。
  Yéye yòng gān zǐ zuò le yí ge liàngyījià.
  Grandpa made a clothes drying rack from a bamboo pole.