穀子

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Chinese

grain; corn
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (穀子)
simp. (谷子)

Pronunciation


Noun

穀子

  1. (especially northern China) foxtail millet (Setaria italica, the plant or the unhulled grain)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) hulled grain of the foxtail millet
  3. (dialectal) paddy; unhulled rice
  4. (Southwestern Mandarin) rice (plant)
  5. (ACG, slang) goods. Phono-semantic matching of Japanese グッズ.

Synonyms

  • (foxtail millet):
  • (hulled grain of the foxtail millet):
  • (paddy):
  • (rice):

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