穀子

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

穀子

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

Synonyms

(foxtail millet):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(hulled grain of the foxtail millet):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(paddy):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(rice):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Francesca Bray, "Millet cultivation in China: a historical survey," Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 28(3): 291-307, 1981.

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