| 筍 | [ sǔn ] bamboo shoot |
| ⇒ 冬筍 | [ dōng sǔn ] winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) |
| ⇒ 春筍 | [ chūn sǔn ] springtime bamboo shoots, fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate |
| ⇒ 玉米筍 | [ yù mǐ sǔn ] baby corn |
| ⇒ 石筍 | [ shí sǔn ] stalagmite |
| ⇒ 竹筍 | [ zhú sǔn ] bamboo shoot |
| ⇒ 茭白筍 | [ baí sǔn ] edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo |
| ⇒ 萵筍 | [ wō sǔn ] Chinese lettuce, celtuce, asparagus lettuce, celery lettuce, stem lettuce |
| ⇒ 蘆筍 | [ lú sǔn ] asparagus |
| ⇒ 雨後春筍 | [ yǔ hoù chūn sǔn ] lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth, many new things emerge in rapid succession |
| ⇒ 黎筍 | [ lí sǔn ] Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician |