竹 (zuk1) — Kangxi radical 118 in Cantonese
zukˉ¹竹Mandarin Pinyin: zhu2
Meaning of 竹
nounKangxi radical 118
nounslips of bamboo for writing
nouna Chinese family name
nounbamboo
Example Sentences with 竹
呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似maangˎ₄盲gungˉ¹公zukˉ¹竹
He's like a blind man's stick (clueless).
neiˏ₅你haiˍ₆係maangˎ₄盲gungˉ¹公zukˉ¹竹?
Are you a blind man's stick (useless)?
dong˗₃當ngoˏ₅我maangˎ₄盲gungˉ¹公zukˉ¹竹
Treat me like a blind man's stick (useless tool).
maaiˏ₅買ziˉ¹枝maangˎ₄盲gungˉ¹公zukˉ¹竹
Buy a blind man's stick.
Words Containing 竹
羅漢竹lo4 hon3 zuk1
Phyllostachys aurea (fishpole bamboo)
竹器zuk1 hei3
articles made of bamboo
青竹蛇ceng1 zuk1 se4
bamboo snake (a kind of viper)
竹蔗zuk1 ze3
bamboo cane - a kind of sugarcane
竹篙zuk1 gou1
a pole
竹升仔zuk1 sing1 zai2
young overseas-born Chinese - ABC, BBC, CBC, etc
水竹seoi2 zuk1
Bambusa breviflora (black bamboo)
四方竹sei3 fong1 zuk1
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (square bamboo)
竹棚工程zuk1 paang4 gung1 cing4
bamboo scaffolding
山竹牛肉saan1 zuk1 ngau4 juk6
beef ball and bean curd
牛角竹ngau4 gok3 zuk1
Bambusa cornigera (ox-horn bamboo)
竹棚zuk1 paang4
bamboo scaffold
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