本 root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc 茎 stalk / stem / CL:條|条[tiao2] 枝 条 zhī tiáo branch / twig / stem 柯 tree branch / stem / ax handle 柄 handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades 梗 branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) 蔕 stem (of fruit) 茎 干 jīng gān stem / stalk 长 柄 cháng bǐng long handle / stem 把 立 bǎ lì stem (bicycle component) 茎 干 jīng gàn stem / stalk 出 乎 chū hū due to / to stem from / to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc) / to go against (expectations) 下 体 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants 干 细 胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell 出 于 chū yú due to / to stem from 造 血 干 细 胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 菜 心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 莴 笋 wō sǔn Chinese lettuce / celtuce / asparagus lettuce / celery lettuce / stem lettuce 茭 白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot 脑 干 nǎo gàn brain stem 块 茎 kuài jīng stem tuber 花 梗 huā gěng stem of flower 嗜 addicted to / fond of / stem corresponding to -phil or -phile 莩 membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm 菰 Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom 蔸 root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps 投 鞭 断 流 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army 词 干 启 动 cí gàn qǐ dòng stem priming 干 细 胞 研 究 gàn xì bāo yán jiū stem cell research 黀 hemp stem 字 根 合 体 字 zì gēn hé tǐ zì stem compound 仔 姜 zǐ jiāng stem ginger 蘖 枝 niè zhī branch stem 缠 绕 茎 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem 腋 生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem 菌 托 jūn tuō volva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi) 词 干 cí gàn word stem (in linguistics) 间 充 质 干 细 胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology) 阀 芯 fá xīn valve stem 胚 胎 干 细 胞 pēi tāi gàn xì bāo embryonic stem cell 大 插 枝 dài chā zhī large stem cuttings / truncheons 大 插 条 dài chā tiáo large stem cuttings / truncheons 成 体 干 细 胞 adult stem cell 何 出 此 言 hé chū cǐ yán where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? 灯 草 dēng cǎo the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps 菌 柄 jùn bǐng mushroom stem 芦 柴 棒 lú chái bàng reed stem / (fig.) extremely skinny person 美 人 腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo 茭 白 笋 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
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