年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] 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 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 爆米花 bào mǐ huā puffed rice / popcorn 粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 谷物 穀物 gǔ wù cereal / grain syn 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) 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 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 五谷丰登 五穀豐登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest syn 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn 储备粮 儲備糧 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 酒糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees 粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 谷类 穀類 gǔ lèi cereal / grain syn 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 粮食作物 糧食作物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals syn 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]) 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) 禾苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1] 秋粮 秋糧 qiū liáng autumn grain crops 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 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 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn 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 料 liào material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess syn 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 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 稿 gǎo manuscript / draft / stalk of grain syn 粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in 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 稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn 穗 suì ear of grain / fringe / tassel syn 膀 pāng puffed (swollen) syn 粟 sù millet / (metonym) grain syn 禾 hé cereal / grain syn 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 囤 dùn bin for grain syn 蟊 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub 谷粒 穀粒 gǔ lì grain (of cereal) 秆 稈 gǎn stalks of grain syn 漕 cáo to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse / canal 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) 稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn 琏 璉 liǎn sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2] 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 秣 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed syn 舂 chōng to pound (grain) / beat 穰 ráng abundant / stalk of grain syn 饩 餼 xì grain ration / sacrificial victim syn 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 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 喱 lí grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3] 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 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) 臭屁 chòu pì (coll.) self-important / puffed up 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 