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Meaning of 笋

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(Trad.: 筍)
Pinyin: sǔn
English Definition: bamboo shoot
Chinese Definition:
①竹子初从土里长出的嫩茎、芽,又称“竹笋”,可以做菜吃。可食用者主要有“毛竹笋”、“慈竹笋”、“麻竹笋”等。
②竹子的青皮:笋席(用竹青编成的席子)。
③古同“榫”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bamboo) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
    • [ yǐn ] to govern, to oversee; director
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Example Words
雨后春笋 hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
竹笋 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot
春笋 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots; fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
芦笋 sǔn asparagus
石笋 shí sǔn stalagmite
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Example Sentences
1
It wasn't me! I didn't steal this bamboo shoot!
2
Try also the smoked young bamboo cold starter and twice-cooked pork.
3
They loved it, especially the bamboo and noodles.
4
Loosen the soil humus zone multi-birth, and shoots the best quality.
5
But things did not change my interest in drawing bamboo shoots.