| 1 | 竹 | 竹 | zhú | zhu2 | bamboo; Classifiers: 棵 ; Kangxi radical 118 | | |
| 2 | 竹子 | 竹子 | zhú zi | zhu2 zi5 | bamboo; Classifiers: 棵 | | |
| 3 | 竹林 | 竹林 | zhú lín | zhu2 lin2 | bamboo forest | | |
| 4 | 湘妃竹 | 湘妃竹 | xiāng fēi zhú | xiang1 fei1 zhu2 | same as 斑竹 , mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜 concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英 , known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃 ) upon learning of his death | | |
| 5 | 功垂竹帛 | 功垂竹帛 | gōng chuí zhú bó | gong1 chui2 zhu2 bo2 | One's deeds will live forever in history. (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 芦竹乡 | 蘆竹鄉 | lú zhú xiāng | Lu2 zhu2 xiang1 | Luzhu or Luchu township in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north Taiwan | | |
| 7 | 芦竹 | 蘆竹 | lú zhú | Lu2 zhu2 | Luzhu or Luchu township in Taoyuan county 桃园县 , north Taiwan | | |
| 8 | 苦竹 | 苦竹 | kǔ zhú | ku3 zhu2 | bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus) | | |
| 9 | 开运竹 | 開運竹 | kāi yùn zhú | kai1 yun4 zhu2 | lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) | | |
| 10 | 箭竹 | 箭竹 | jiàn zhú | jian4 zhu2 | bamboo (genus Fargesia) | | |
| 11 | 夹竹桃 | 夾竹桃 | jiā zhú táo | jia1 zhu2 tao2 | oleander (Nerium indicum); Taiwan pr. [jia4 zhu2 tao2] | | |
| 12 | 灰胸竹鸡 | 灰胸竹雞 | huī xiōng zhú jī | hui1 xiong1 zhu2 ji1 | (bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus) | | |
| 13 | 筀竹 | 筀竹 | guì zhú | gui4 zhu2 | bamboo (archaic) | | |
| 14 | 龟背竹 | 龜背竹 | guī bèi zhú | gui1 bei4 zhu2 | split-leaf philodendron; Monstera deliciosa | | |
| 15 | 棕胸竹鸡 | 棕胸竹雞 | zōng xiōng zhú jī | zong1 xiong1 zhu2 ji1 | (bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) | | |
| 16 | 富贵竹 | 富貴竹 | fù guì zhú | fu4 gui4 zhu2 | lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) | | |
| 17 | 腐竹 | 腐竹 | fǔ zhú | fu3 zhu2 | roll of dried tofu strips | | |
| 18 | 放爆竹 | 放爆竹 | fàng bào zhú | fang4 bao4 zhu2 | to set off firecrackers | | |
| 19 | 大竹 | 大竹 | dà zhú | Da4 zhu2 | Dazhu county in Dazhou 达州 , Sichuan | | |
| 20 | 翠竹摇曳 | 翠竹搖曳 | cuì zhú yáo yè | cui4 zhu2 yao2 ye4 | Green bamboo sways in the breeze. (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 翠竹重叠 | 翠竹重疊 | cuì zhú chóng dié | cui4 zhu2 chong2 die2 | to be dotted with emerald bamboo groves (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 翠丛修竹 | 翠叢修竹 | cuì cóng xiū zhú | cui4 cong2 xiu1 zhu2 | a verdant grove of bamboo | | |
| 23 | 簇茎石竹 | 簇莖石竹 | cù jīng shí zhú | cu4 jing1 shi2 zhu2 | boreal carnation or northern pink; Dianthus repens (botany) | | |
| 24 | 垂名竹帛 | 垂名竹帛 | chuí míng zhú bó | chui2 ming2 zhu2 bo2 | to leave a name handed down in history forever (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 成竹在胸 | 成竹在胸 | chéng zhú zài xiōng | cheng2 zhu2 zai4 xiong1 | see 胸有成竹 | | |