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"grain" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn
粒 lì grain / granule / pellet / particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) syn
理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn
粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain
质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn
粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule
纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
谷物 穀物 gǔ wù cereal / grain syn
纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn
谷类 穀類 gǔ lèi cereal / grain syn
谷粒 穀粒 gǔ lì grain (of cereal)
料 liào material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess syn
粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain syn
纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn
粟 sù millet / (metonym) grain syn
禾 hé cereal / grain syn
喱 lí grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3]
纹缕 紋縷 wén lǚ veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
籽实 籽實 zǐ shí seed / grain / kernel / bean
Chinese Pinyin Translation
合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn
石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn
漕运 漕運 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax syn
商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn
碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2]
社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn
杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn
米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn
粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
沙粒 shā lì grain of sand
粮农 糧農 liáng nóng food and agriculture / grain farmer
粮库 糧庫 liáng kù grain depot syn
灌浆 灌漿 guàn jiāng grouting / (of grain) to be in the milk / to form a vesicle (medicine)
谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
粒径 粒徑 lì jìng grain size
钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn
粮食作物 糧食作物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals syn
储备粮 儲備糧 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves
研磨机 硏磨機 yán mó jī grain mill
余粮 餘糧 yú liáng surplus grain
漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2])
播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US)
禾苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1]
秋粮 秋糧 qiū liáng autumn grain crops
五谷丰登 五穀豐登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest syn
酒糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees
粮站 糧站 liáng zhàn grain supply station
粮店 糧店 liáng diàn grain store
芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June
公粮 公糧 gōng liáng grain collected by the government as tax
斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn
秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn
稿 gǎo manuscript / draft / stalk of grain syn
芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
颖 穎 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding syn
稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn
穗 suì ear of grain / fringe / tassel syn
琏 璉 liǎn sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2]
秆 稈 gǎn stalks of grain syn
漕 cáo to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse / canal
斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn
囤 dùn bin for grain syn
秣 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed syn
舂 chōng to pound (grain) / beat
稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn
穰 ráng abundant / stalk of grain syn
饩 餼 xì grain ration / sacrificial victim syn
蟊 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
籴 糴 dí to buy up (grain)
砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn
粜 糶 tiào to sell (grain) syn
扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn
耧 耬 lóu drill for sowing grain syn
稃 fū husk / outside shell of grain
臿 chā to separate the grain from the husk
稑 lù late-planted early-ripening grain
穟 suì ear of grain
穜 tóng early-planted late-ripening grain
笐 gāng bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates
积谷防饥 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥
陈谷子烂芝麻 陳谷子爛芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip
笀 máng old variant of 芒[mang2] / arista (of grain)
打场 打場 dǎ cháng to thresh grain (on the floor) syn
救济粮 救濟糧 jiù jì liáng relief grain / emergency provisions
返销粮 返銷糧 fǎn xiāo liáng grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage
颗粒归仓 顆粒歸倉 kē lì guī cāng to gather all the harvested grain into the granary / to harvest every single grain
秕子 bǐ zi blighted grain
布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù cloth, silk, beans and grain / food and clothing / daily necessities
圂 hùn grain-fed animals / pigsty
穧 jì stack grain stalks evenly
耞 jiā flail (for threshing grain) / old variant of 枷[jia1]
斠 jiào (old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel / to proofread / to collate
糲 lì coarse (grain)
穋 lù late-planted early-ripening grain
磨子 mò zǐ mill / grain mill / millstone syn
籸 shēn crushed grain
糶 tiào sell (grain from granary)
吐穗 tǔ suì to have the ears of grain come up syn
穭 lǚ wild grain
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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