shù

tree; plant; set up, establish

DEFINITIONS

  • tree
  • plant
  • set up, establish
  • tree
  • CL:棵[ke1]
  • to cultivate
  • to set up

WORDS

皂莢 zào jiá shù Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
盤尾鵲 pán wěi shù què (bird species of China) racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)
ǎi shù short tree; bush; shrub
石南 shí nán shù heath
石榴 shí liu shù pomegranate tree
kǎn shù to chop wood; to chop down trees
zhòng shù to plant trees
紅榿 hóng qī shù red alder (Alnus rubra)
hóng shù red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle); CL:棵[ke1]
林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp
lǜ shù trees; greenery
成蔭 lǜ shù chéng yìn (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
聖誕 shèng dàn shù Christmas tree
聚酯脂 jù zhǐ shù zhī polyester resin
芝蘭玉 zhī lán yù shù lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
chá shù tea tree; Camellia sinensis
菩提 pú tí shù pipal tree (Ficus religiosa); bo fig tree; Bodhi tree (sacred to Buddhism and Hinduism)
蚍蜉撼大 pí fú hàn dà shù lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom); fig. to overrate one's own strength; also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4]
蚍蜉撼 pí fú hàn shù lit. an ant trying to shake a tree; to overrate oneself (idiom)
螞蟻上 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree); (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body; (erotic massage) full-body licking
見血封喉 jiàn xuè fēng hóu shù Antiaris toxicaria (botany)
貝多羅 bèi duō luó shù Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
理 zhào shù lǐ Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
遠東鶯 yuǎn dōng shù yīng (bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis borealis)
醇酸脂 chún suān shù zhī alkyd resin