| 笋 | [ sǔn ] bamboo shoot |
| ⇒ 冬笋 | [ dōng sǔn ] winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) |
| ⇒ 春笋 | [ chūn sǔn ] springtime bamboo shoots, fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate |
| ⇒ 玉米笋 | [ yù mǐ sǔn ] baby corn |
| ⇒ 石笋 | [ shí sǔn ] stalagmite |
| ⇒ 竹笋 | [ zhú sǔn ] bamboo shoot |
| ⇒ 茭白笋 | [ baí sǔn ] edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo |
| ⇒ 莴笋 | [ wō sǔn ] Chinese lettuce, celtuce, asparagus lettuce, celery lettuce, stem lettuce |
| ⇒ 芦笋 | [ lú sǔn ] asparagus |
| ⇒ 雨后春笋 | [ yǔ hoù chūn sǔn ] lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth, many new things emerge in rapid succession |
| ⇒ 黎笋 | [ lí sǔn ] Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician |