穀子
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) | 穀 | 子 | |
| simp. (谷子) | 谷 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
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):
Dialectal synonyms of 穀子 (“foxtail millet (plant or unhulled grain)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 粟, 禾, 嘉穀, 稷 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粟 | |
| Taxonomic name | 粟 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 穀子 |
| Harbin | 穀子 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 穀 | |
| Jinan | 穀子 | |
| Luoyang | 穀子 | |
| Wanrong | 穀 | |
| Xi'an | 穀子 | |
| Yinchuan | 穀子 | |
| Lanzhou | 穀子 | |
| Xining | 穀子 | |
| Wuhan | 粟穀 grain | |
| Chengdu | 小米 | |
| Guiyang | 小米 | |
| Xuzhou | 穀子 | |
| Yangzhou | 穀子 | |
| Nanjing | 小米 | |
| Hefei | 穀子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗尾粟, 粟 |
| Yangjiang | 狗尾粟, 粟仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粟仔, 黃粟仔, 狗尾粟 |
| Yudu | 狗尾粟, 貓尾粟, 黃粟 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 粟 plant, 粟穀 grain |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 穀子, 穀 |
| Xinzhou | 穀 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蘆粟, 狗尾粟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 秮, 犬尾秮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 黍仔 |
| Chaozhou | 秮 | |
| Jieyang | 秮 | |
| Haikou | 粟 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 粟禾 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小米 |
| Suzhou | 粟 | |
| Danyang | 小米 | |
| Wenzhou | 粟米 | |
| Jinhua | 粟兒 plant, 粟穀 grain | |
- (hulled grain of the foxtail millet):
Dialectal synonyms of 小米 (“hulled grain of the foxtail millet”) [map]
- (paddy):
Dialectal synonyms of 稻穀 (“paddy; unhulled rice”) [map]
- (rice):
Dialectal synonyms of 稻子 (“rice (plant)”) [map]
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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