HSK 5 · Nature

竹子 zhúzi “bamboo” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 竹子 means

  1. bamboo

Measure word 棵 kē or 根 gēn · 一棵竹子 yì kē zhúzi

How to say 竹子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale竹zhú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

竹子 in a sentence

  1. 花园里有竹子在生长。

    Huāyuán lǐ yǒu zhúzi zài shēngzhǎng.

    There’s bamboo growing in the garden.

    Sentence #801334 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 竹子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 竹 (zhú) drawn as one shape
竹zhúbamboo

竹 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 竹子

竹 6 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

竹子 (zhúzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 竹子 (zhúzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 竹子

Words with 竹

烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

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FAQs

竹子 (zhúzi) means “bamboo”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhúzi: zhú with a 2nd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 竹子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 棵 (kē) or 根 (gēn). For example, one bamboo is 一棵竹子 (yì kē zhúzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 竹子 from the suggestions. Typing zhuzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
竹子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.