茭白 jiāobái water bamboo Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 茭白笋 jiāobáisǔn water bamboo the tender edible stem of Manchurian wild rice, also known as [[茭白|茭白|jiao1 bai2]]; it is swollen into a bamboo-shoot shape by a parasitic fungus and eaten as a vegetable