"Pith" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 精髓 | jīng suǐ | marrow / pith / quintessence / essence |   |
| 髓 |  suǐ | (bound form) bone marrow / (fig.) innermost part / (botany) pith | |
| 心材 | xīn cái | pith / central core (of tree) | |
| 边材 | biān cái | sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) | |
| 芯 | xīn | (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick) | |
| 髓结 | suǐ jié | pith knot (in timber) | |
| 橘络 | jú luò | pith of mandarin orange | |
