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 粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 短期 duǎn qī short term / short-term 谷物 穀物 gǔ wù cereal / grain syn 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing 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 短袖 duǎn xiù short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) syn 米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan syn 赖斯 賴斯 lài sī Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 短衣 duǎn yī short garment / short jacket 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 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 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 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 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 酒酿 酒釀 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine syn 酒糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees 粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term / short time 粳米 jīng mǐ polished round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 饭团 飯糰 fàn tuán rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) syn 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 籼稻 xiān dào long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice) 米面 米麵 mǐ miàn rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles syn 研磨机 硏磨機 yán mó jī grain mill 粳稻 jīng dào round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 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 籼米 xiān mǐ long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米[jing1 mi3]) syn 商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 生米 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 禾苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1] 肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 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 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 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration 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 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 糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice syn 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) 八宝饭 八寶飯 bā bǎo fàn Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year 糯稻 nuò dào glutinous rice / sticky rice 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 粳 jīng round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1] 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 籴 糴 dí to buy up (grain) 粜 糶 tiào to sell (grain) syn 喱 lí grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3] 粞 xī ground rice / thresh rice syn 