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竹子 (zhú zi): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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竹子 (zhú zi): Bamboo (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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竹子 consists of 2 characters.

child, offspring, seed, small thing

How to Use 竹子 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 竹子 with other words naturally.

Subject + Verbwith生长

zhú竹

zi子

shēng生

zhǎng长

neutral

bamboo grows

Adjective + Nounwith绿色

lǜ绿

sè色

de的

zhú竹

zi子

Verb + Objectwith种

zhòng种

zhú竹

zi子

neutral

plant bamboo

Noun + Verb + Complementwith做

zhú竹

zi子

zuò做

de的

Measure Word + Nounwith片

yī一

piàn片

zhú竹

zi子

Example Sentences with 竹子

zhè这

shì是

zhú竹

zi子

。

This is bamboo.

neutral

green bamboo

neutral

made of bamboo

neutral

a grove of bamboo

xióng熊

māo猫

zuì最

xǐ喜

huan欢

chī吃

zhú竹

zi子

。

Pandas like eating bamboo the most.

zhè这

piàn片

zhú竹

lín林

lǐ里

de的

zhú竹

zi子

cháng长

dé得

gé格

wài外

tǐng挺

bá拔

，

fǎng仿

fú佛

lǜ绿

sè色

de的

wèi卫

shì士

。

The bamboo in this bamboo forest grows exceptionally tall and straight, like green guardians.

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nǐ你

què确

dìng定

zhè这

zhǒng种

jiā家

jù具

shì是

yòng用

zhēn真

zhèng正

de的

zhú竹

zi子

zhì制

zuò作

de的

ma吗

？

Are you sure this kind of furniture is made from real bamboo?

xióng熊

māo猫

xǐ喜

huān欢

chī吃

zhú竹

zi子

。

Pandas like to eat bamboo.

zhè这

zhǒng种

xīn新

xíng型

cái材

liào料

bìng并

fēi非

yóu由

zhú

zhú竹

zi子

bù不

jǐn仅

shēng生

zhǎng长

xùn迅

sù速

，

zhú竹

zi子

kě可

yǐ以

yòng用

lái来

zuò做

jiā家

jù具

wǒ我

zài在

hòu后

yuàn院

zhǒng种

le了

jǐ几

kē棵

zhú竹

zi

竹

zi子

jiā加

gōng工

ér而

chéng成

，

ér而

shì是

sù塑

liào料

zhì制

pǐn品

。

This new material is not processed from bamboo, but is a plastic product.

ér

而

qiě且

qí其

jiān坚

rèn韧

de的

tè特

xìng性

bèi备

shòu受

tuī推

chóng崇

。

Bamboo not only grows rapidly, but its tough characteristics are highly regarded.

。

Bamboo can be used to make furniture.

子

，

xiǎng想

ràng让

huán环

jìng境

kàn看

qǐ起

lái来

gèng更

yǎ雅

zhì致

xiē些

。

I planted a few bamboo plants in the backyard to make the environment look more elegant.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 竹子.

Words with 竹

爆竹bào zhú
竹竿zhú gān
竹筏zhú fá
竹篓zhú lǒu
竹篱zhú lí
烟花爆竹yān huā bào zhú
胸有成竹xiōng yǒu chéng zhú

Words with 子

儿子ér ziHSK 1
杯子bēi ziHSK 1
桌子zhuō ziHSK 1
椅子yǐ ziHSK 1
妻子qī ziHSK 2
孩子hái ziHSK 2
个子gè ziHSK 3
句子jù ziHSK 3