竹竿 zhúgān bamboo pole
How to remember 竹竿: 竹 bamboo + 竿 bamboo pole = bamboo pole.
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How it is used
- A bamboo pole - 用竹竿晾衣服 (yòng zhúgān liàng yīfu) to hang clothes on a bamboo pole.
- Concrete everyday object; also a jokey description of a very thin, tall person (瘦得像竹竿). Transparent item.