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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	茭白笋	茭白筍	jiāo bái sǔn	jiao1 bai2 sun3	edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰 , aka water bamboo
2	春笋	春筍	chūn sǔn	chun1 sun3	springtime bamboo shoots; fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
3	冬笋	冬筍	dōng sǔn	dong1 sun3	winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
4	黎笋	黎筍	lí sǔn	Li2 Sun3	Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician
5	芦笋	蘆筍	lú sǔn	lu2 sun3	asparagus
6	石笋	石筍	shí sǔn	shi2 sun3	stalagmite
7	笋	筍	sǔn	sun3	bamboo shoot
8	莴笋	萵筍	wō sǔn	wo1 sun3	Chinese lettuce; celtuce; asparagus lettuce; celery lettuce; stem lettuce
9	雨后春笋	雨後春筍	yǔ hòu chūn sǔn	yu3 hou4 chun1 sun3	lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
10	玉米笋	玉米筍	yù mǐ sǔn	yu4 mi3 sun3	baby corn
11	竹笋	竹筍	zhú sǔn	zhu2 sun3	bamboo shoot