As nouns the difference between bamboo and sheng
is that bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe while sheng is a Chinese wind instrument, being a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
As an adjective bamboo
is made of the wood of the bamboo.
As a verb bamboo
is to flog with a bamboo cane.
bamboo
Noun
(
en noun)
A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
a didgeridoo
(slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
Derived terms
* bamboo ceiling
* bamboo clam
* Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain
* bamboo man
Adjective
(-)
Made of the wood of the bamboo.
Verb
(
en verb)
To flog with a bamboo cane.
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sheng
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A Chinese wind instrument, being a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
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