笋
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
sǔn sun3
- bamboo shoot
Words with 笋
- 笋子 sǔnzi bamboo shoot
- 石笋 shísǔn stalagmite
- 春笋 chūnsǔn springtime bamboo shoots
- 竹笋 zhúsǔn bamboo shoot
- 笋尖 sǔnjiān bamboo shoot tip
- 冬笋 dōngsǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
- 芦笋 lúsǔn asparagus
- 莴笋 wōsǔn celtuce; stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina), aka Chinese lettuce
- 玉米笋 yùmǐsǔn baby corn
- 茭白笋 jiāobáisǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰 (gū), aka water bamboo
- 雨后春笋 yǔhòuchūnsǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
- 黎笋 LíSǔn Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician