a tall perennial marsh herb (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) with cylindrical stems used for making mats, paper, or in traditional medicine

A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.

Used after a noun, verb, or pronoun to indicate that something is like or seems like the thing mentioned; often used in the 像 xiàng ... shì de pattern to mean "just like" or "as if".