Usage of the character 笋
sǔn
笋
[筍]
- bamboo shoot
chūnsǔn
春笋
[春筍]
- springtime bamboo shoots
- fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
lúsǔn
芦笋
[蘆筍]
- asparagus
dōngsǔn
冬笋
[冬筍]
- winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
shísǔn
石笋
[石筍]
- stalagmite
zhúsǔn
竹笋
[竹筍]
- bamboo shoot
wōsǔn
莴笋
[萵筍]
- Chinese lettuce
- celtuce
- asparagus lettuce
- celery lettuce
- stem lettuce
Lí Sǔn
黎笋
[黎筍]
- Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician
jiāobáisǔn
茭白笋
[茭白筍]
- edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰 (gū), aka water bamboo
yùmǐsǔn
玉米笋
[玉米筍]
- baby corn
yǔhòuchūnsǔn
雨后春笋
[雨後春筍]
- lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
- many new things emerge in rapid succession