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Chinese
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wheat; barley; oats
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
| trad. (麥子)
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麥
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子
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| simp. (麦子)
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麦
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子
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Pronunciation
Noun
麥子
- any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m)
- grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)
我實實在在地告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。 [MSC, trad.]
我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 12:24
- Wǒ shíshízàizài de gàosu nǐmen, yī lì màizi bù luò zài dìli sǐ le, réngjiù shì yī lì; ruòshì sǐ le, jiù jié chū xǔduō zǐlì lái.
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
麥子 (“wheat”)
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