冬笋

Traditional form:

冬筍

Pinyin (reading):

dōngsǔn

Definitions:

• winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)

Characters:

• 冬 - winter, 11th lunar month
• 笋 - bamboo shoots

Traditional characters:

• 冬 - winter, 11th lunar month
• 筍 - bamboo shoots