茭白笋 jiāobáisǔn water bamboo Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 茭白 jiāobái water bamboo the edible, swollen stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰 gū that resembles a bamboo shoot; also called water oats or water-oat shoots笋 筍 sǔn shoot-shaped (bound form) something shaped like a bamboo shoot, such as a stalagmite