米粟
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Chinese
| rice; metre | grain; millet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (米粟) | 米 | 粟 | |
| simp. #(米粟) | 米 | 粟 | |
| anagram | 粟米 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄙㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǐsù
- Wade–Giles: mi3-su4
- Yale: mǐ-sù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miisuh
- Palladius: мису (misu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chhiak
- Tâi-lô: bí-tshiak
- Phofsit Daibuun: bychiag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chhek
- Tâi-lô: bí-tshik
- Phofsit Daibuun: byzheg
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
米粟
- (literary) grain; cereal
- 米粟非不多也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Mǐsù fēi bùduō yě.
- The stores of rice and other grain are very large.
- (Southern Min) rice hull; rice husk
Synonyms
- (grain):
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 米 | 粟 |
| べい Grade: 2 |
ぞく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |