竹布

zhúbù

noun

Measure Word

一匹竹布 pǐ

Meanings

1 light cotton fabric
2 fine summer cotton (often pale blue)

Characters

Examples

爷爷年轻时常穿竹布长衫。

Yéye niánqīng shí cháng chuān zhúbù chángshān.

Grandpa often wore a long bamboo-cloth gown when he was young.

夏天用竹布做衣服又轻又凉快。

Xiàtiān yòng zhúbù zuò yīfu yòu qīng yòu liángkuai.

In summer, clothes made of bamboo cloth are both light and cool.

Tips

culture

Despite the name, traditional 竹布 is densely woven cotton — typically pale blue with a subtle bamboo-leaf pattern, popular for summer gowns (长衫) and shirts in early-20th-century China. White-ground versions are called 白竹布 (báizhúbù).

Stroke Order

竹 zhú

布 bù