"Rod" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 棍子 | gùn zi | stick / rod |   |
| 棒材 | bàng cái | bar / rod | |
| 棍 |  gùn | stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain | |
| 杖 | zhàng | a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) | |
| 杠 | gàng | coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash | |
| 棍杖 | gùn zhàng | staff / rod | |
| 戳探杆 | hand probe / rod / prodder | | |
| 铁杆 | tiě gǎn | iron rod / zealous / die-hard | |
| 标尺 | biāo chǐ | surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight | |
| 钓竿 | diào gān | fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 铁棒 | tiě bàng | iron club / steel rod | |
| 推杆 | tuī gān | push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf) | |
| 避雷针 | bì léi zhēn | lightning rod | |
| 自讨苦吃 | zì tǎo kǔ chī | to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back | |
| 鱼竿 | yú gān | fishing rod | |
| 姑息养奸 | gū xī yǎng jiān | to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom) / spare the rod and spoil the child | |
| 钓鱼竿 | diào yú gān | fishing rod | |
| 钢钎 | gāng qiān | (mining) drill rod / drill steel | |
| 划子 | huá zi | rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc | |
| 棒磨机 | bàng mó jī | rod mill | |
| 不打不成才 | bù dǎ bù chéng cái | spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) | |
| 单晶硅棒 | dān jīng guī bàng | single crystal silicon rod | |
| 探尺 | tàn chǐ | dipstick / measuring rod | |
| 杖头木偶 | zhàng tóu mù ǒu | zhangtou wooden rod puppetry | |
| 油尺 | yóu chǐ | dipstick / oil measuring rod | |
| 计量棒 | jì liàng bàng | measuring rod / dipstick | |
| 量油尺 | liáng yóu chǐ | dipstick / oil measuring rod | |
| 金属棒 | jīn shǔ bàng | metal rod | |
| 钓杆 | diào gǎn | fishing rod | |
| 钓鱼杆 | diào yú gān | fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 钢柱 | gāng zhù | iron pillar / iron rod | |
| 核反应堆控制棒 | nuclear reactor control rod / control rod | | |
| 宁边核燃料元件制造厂 | níng bian hé rán liào yuán jiàn zhì zào chǎng | nuclear fuel rod fabrication facility at Yongbyon | |
| 燃料棒并装 | rán liào bàng bìng zhuāng | rod consolidation | |
| 燃料棒束 | rán liào bàng shù | fuel bundle / fuel cluster / fuel element cluster / rod cluster | |
| 燃料棒涂层 | rán liào bàng tú céng | fuel rod coating | |
| 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ | three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child | |
| 不打不成器 | bù dǎ bù chéng qì | spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) | |
| 镁棒 | měi bàng | ferrocerium rod / fire steel | |
| 硅棒 | guī bàng | silicon rod | |
| 刑杖 | xíng zhàng | rod used for flogging offenders | |
| 拨浪鼓 | bō lang gǔ | rattle drum / pellet drum &ndash / a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) | |
| 自讨苦吃 | zì tǎo - kǔ chī | (idiom) to ask for trouble / to make a rod for one's own back | |
