树 tree / CL:棵[ke1] / to cultivate / to set up 树 木 shù mù tree 木 (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden 顶 部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 树 叶 shù yè tree leaves 牡 丹 mǔ dan tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) 翡 翠 fěi cuì jadeite / tree kingfisher 摘 下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 雪 松 xuě sōng cedar tree / cedarwood 林 木 lín mù forest / forest tree 树 干 shù gàn tree trunk 果 树 guǒ shù fruit tree / CL:棵[ke1] 梧 桐 wú tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia) / Chinese parasol tree 杨 柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune 松 树 sōng shù pine / pine tree / CL:棵[ke1] 树 种 shù zhǒng tree species 小 树 xiǎo shù shrub / small tree / sapling / CL:棵[ke1] 参 天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky 沉 香 chén xiāng Chinese eaglewood / agarwood tree / lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha) 独 树 一 帜 dú shù yī zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own 树 梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree / treetop 茶 树 chá shù tea tree / Camellia sinensis 树 皮 shù pí tree bark 棕 榈 zōng lu:2 palm tree 圣 诞 树 Shèng dàn shù Christmas tree 乔 木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 青 松 qīng sōng pine tree 树 根 shù gēn tree roots 树 荫 shù yìn shade of a tree 枇 杷 pí pa loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) / loquat fruit 桃 树 táo shù peach tree / CL:株[zhu1] 一 枝 独 秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding 杨 树 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus 槐 树 huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica) 摇 钱 树 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money 柏 树 bǎi shù cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] 家 谱 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree 木 棉 mù mián cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) 枯 木 kū mù dead tree 梨 树 lí shù pear tree 橄 榄 树 gǎn lǎn shù olive tree 合 抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) 香 椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable 枣 树 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] 柚 木 yòu mù pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) / shaddock / oriental grapefruit 桑 树 sāng shù mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms 月 桂 yuè guì laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf 树 桩 shù zhuāng tree stump 移 花 接 木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom) 菩 提 树 pú tí shù peepul (Ficus religiosa) / bodhi tree / sacred fig 棕 榈 树 zōng lu:2 shù palm tree 树 身 shù shēn tree trunk 草 木 皆 兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered 植 树 节 Zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 杏 树 xìng shù apricot tree 世 系 shì xì lineage / genealogy / family tree 桫 椤 suō luó spinulose tree fern / Cyathea spinulosa (botany) 桐 油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 落 叶 松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree 丹 皮 dān pí the root bark of the peony tree 二 叉 树 èr chā shù binary tree 指 桑 骂 槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom) 乌 桕 wū jiù Tallow tree / Sapium sebiferum 果 木 guǒ mù fruit tree 干 tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed 李 树 lǐ shù plum tree 缘 木 求 鱼 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible 石 榴 树 shí liu shù pomegranate tree 树 胶 shù jiāo tree resin / gum 矮 树 ǎi shù short tree / bush / shrub 珙 桐 gǒng tóng dove tree (Davidia involucrata) 油 桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) 枯 木 逢 春 kū mù féng chūn lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve 庇 荫 bì yìn to give shade (of a tree etc) / to shield 李 代 桃 僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb 标 mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units 月 桂 树 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree 树 倒 猢 狲 散 shù dǎo hú sūn sàn When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom) / fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship. 洋 槐 yáng huái black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) 橡 胶 树 xiàng jiāo shù rubber tree 树 蛙 shù wā tree frog 常 绿 树 cháng lu:4 shù evergreen tree 扁 桃 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach 棕 树 zōng shù palm tree 铁 树 开 花 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence 漆 树 qī shù lac tree (Rhus vernicifera) 树 液 shù yè tree sap 栎 树 lì shù oak tree 龙 血 树 lóng xuè shù dragon tree / Dracaena (botany) 决 策 树 jué cè shù decision tree 株 tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) 荆 chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) / alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] 桐 tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites) 槐 Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree 楷 Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis) 橙 orange tree / orange (color) 梓 Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks 榈 lu:2 palm tree 椿 Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father 椿 tree of heaven 
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