竹 (zhú) means Bamboo. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
院子后面种着 竹 子。
Yuànzi hòumiàn zhòng zhe zhúzi.
Bamboo is planted behind the yard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 竹子
这个篮子是 竹 子做的。
Zhège lánzi shì zhúzi zuò de.
This basket is made of bamboo.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 竹子
市区禁止燃放烟花爆 竹 。
Shìqū jìnzhǐ ránfàng yānhuābàozhú.
Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is banned in the city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 烟花爆竹
过年时到处都是烟花爆 竹 的声音。
Guònián shí dàochù dōu shì yānhuābàozhú de shēngyīn.
At new year the sound of fireworks and crackers is everywhere.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 烟花爆竹
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Words that contain 竹
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Questions about 竹
How is 竹 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 竹 (zhú, "Bamboo"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 竹 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 竹 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 竹?
The dictionary page for 竹 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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