Phrase guide

bamboo shoot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

edible young shoots of bamboo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: বাঁহগাজ (bãhgaz) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Atayal: ali — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Bahnar: tơʼbăng — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Bengali: বাঁশ কোড়ল (bãś kōṛol) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Burmese: မျှစ် (hmyac) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Chinese Cantonese: 竹筍 /竹笋 (zuk1 seon2) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Chinese Mandarin: 竹筍 /竹笋 (zhúsǔn) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Danish: bambusskud — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Finnish: bambuverso — edible part of some bamboo types
  • French: pousses de bambou — edible part of some bamboo types
  • German: Bambusspross — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Ilocano: rabong — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Indonesian: rebung — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Japanese: 筍 (takenoko) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Japanese: 竹の子 (takenoko) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Javanese: ꦧꦸꦔ꧀ (bung) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Kankanaey: alabong — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Kannada: ಕಳಲೆ (kaḷale) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • S'gaw Karen: ဘီၣ် (baẁ) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Khmer: ទំពាំង (tumpĕəng) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Korean: 죽순 (juksun) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Korean: 참대순 (chamdaesun) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Malay: rebung — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Mon: တ္ၜၚ် — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bambusskudd — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Odia: କରଡି (karaḍi) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Polish: pęd bambusa — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Portuguese: broto de bambu — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Russian: побе́ги бамбу́ка (pobégi bambúka) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Sundanese: ᮄᮝᮥᮍ᮪ (iwung) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Swedish: bambuskott — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Tagalog: labong — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Tausug: dabung — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Thai: หน่อไม้ (nɔ̀ɔ-máai) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Thao: qati — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Thavung: บัง — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Tulu: ಕಣಿಲೆ (kaṇile) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Uyghur: بامبۇك نوتىسى (bambuk notisi) — edible part of some bamboo types
  • Vietnamese: măng — edible part of some bamboo types