高粱

See also: 高梁

Chinese

		high; tall	millet
trad. (高粱)		高	粱
simp. #(高粱)		高	粱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ loeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-liòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-liâng / ko͘-liông / ko-liông / ko-liâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kau-lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoliáng → gāoliang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ → ㄍㄠ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoliång
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-liang⁵
    • Yale: gāu-lyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gau.liang
    • Palladius: гаолян (gaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 膏粱 高梁 高樑／高梁 高粱 高涼／高凉

Note: Toneless pronunciation is standard in Mainland.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou¹ loeng⁴
    • Yale: gōu lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 膏粱 高梁 高樑／高梁 高粱

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ liongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: kau-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kauliaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ liaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-liông
    • Tâi-lô: koo-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kolioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-liông
    • Tâi-lô: ko-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koilioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiliaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-lian
    • MiniDict: kau^平 lian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-lian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ liã²¹/

Noun

高粱

1. sorghum
2. Short for 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ, “sorghum liquor; kaoliang”).

Synonyms

• (sorghum):

Dialectal synonyms of 高粱 (“sorghum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高粱, 蜀黍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	高粱
	Taiwan	高粱
	Ulanhot	高粱
	Tongliao	高粱
	Chifeng	高粱
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	高粱
	Harbin	高粱
	Shenyang	高粱
	Singapore	高粱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	高粱, 秫秫
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	胡秫
	Qingdao	胡秫
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	高粱, 秫秫, 紅秫秫
	Wanrong	䵚黍
	Zhengzhou	黑秫秫, 秫秫
	Xi'an	䵚黍
	Xining	高粱
	Xuzhou	秫秫, 小秫秫
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	䵚黍, 高粱
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	秫秫
	Bayanhot	高粱, 秫秫
	Lanzhou	秫秫, 高粱
	Ürümqi	高粱
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	高粱
	Wuhan	高粱
	Guiyang	高粱
	Kunming	高粱
	Liuzhou	高粱
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	高粱
	Yangzhou	高粱, 蘆書
	Nantong	高粱
	Hefei	秫秫
	Huanggang	榴粟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	高粱粟, 高粱
	Hong Kong	高粱粟, 高粱
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	高粱
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	高粱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	高粱
	Yangjiang	高粱粟, 枝勾粟
	Danzhou	麥
Gan	Nanchang	高粱
	Lichuan	高粱
	Pingxiang	高粱
Hakka	Meixian	高粱粟, 蘆粟, 蘆粟仔
	Xingning	羅粟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	高粱粟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	高粱
	Wengyuan	高粱粟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	高粱粟
	Liannan	高粱粟
	Jiexi	粟
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	高粱粟
	Changting	高粱粟
	Wuping	高粱粟
	Wuping (Yanqian)	蘆粟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	高粱粟
	Liancheng	高粱粟
	Ninghua	禾媽, 粟仔
	Yudu	高粱粟, 粟子
	Ningdu	粟子
	Ruijin	粟子
	Shicheng	高粱粟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	粟子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	蘆粟
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	粟子
	Dayu	粟哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	高粱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	高粱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	高粱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	高粱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	高粱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	高粟
	Hong Kong	高粱粟
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	高粱
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	高粱粟
	Xinyi (Sihe)	高粱粟
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	高粱粟
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	禾仔
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	高粱
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	高粱
	Mengshan (Xihe)	高粱
	Luchuan	高粱
	Senai (Huiyang)	高粱粟, 高粱
Huizhou	Jixi	蘿穄
	Shexian	蘆穄
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	蘆穄
	Xiuning	蘆穄
	Yixian	蘆穄
	Qimen	蘆穄
	Wuyuan	穄粟
	Jingde	蘆穄
	Shitai (Xianyu)	蘆穄
Jin	Taiyuan	茭子
	Pingyao	䵚黍
	Xinzhou	茭子
	Taibus (Baochang)	高粱
	Linhe	高粱
	Jining	高粱
	Hohhot	茭子
	Baotou	高粱
	Dongsheng	高粱
	Haibowan	高粱
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蘆粟, 高粱
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	觀音粟
	Songxi	粟仔
	Zhenghe	高粱粟
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	黍仔
	Jianyang	蘆粟
	Wuyishan	龍黍
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蘆粟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	穄, 穄黍
	Fuzhou (Changle)	穄
	Fuqing	穄黍
	Yongtai	黍
	Gutian	黍
	Fu'an	扣頭子
	Ningde	高粱
	Shouning	黍
	Zhouning	黍
	Fuding	黍
	Matsu	穄米
Southern Min	Xiamen	蘆黍, 番黍
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蘆黍
	Quanzhou	番黍
	Jinjiang	番黍
	Yongchun	狗尾拖
	Zhangzhou	黍仔
	Taipei	番黍, 高粱
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番黍
	Kaohsiung	蘆黍, 番黍, 高粱
	Yilan	番黍
	Kinmen	番黍, 蘆黍, 高粱
	Penghu (Magong)	蘆黍
	Chaozhou	高粱
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	高粱
	Wenchang	牛黍
	Haikou	高粱
Puxian Min	Putian	黍
	Xianyou	懸跤黍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	高粱
Wu	Shanghai	高粱
	Shanghai (Chongming)	高粱
	Suzhou	粟子, 高粱
	Wuxi	高粱
	Danyang	高粱
	Ningbo	蘆穄
	Wenzhou	高粱粟, 蓬頭粟
	Jinhua	蘆穄
Xiang	Changsha	高粱
	Loudi	高粱
	Shuangfeng	高粱

Derived terms

• 高粱篾兒／高粱篾儿
• 高粱米 (gāoliángmǐ)
• 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	粱
こー Grade: 2	りゃん Hyōgaiji
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 高粱 – see the following entry.

【コーリャンこうりゃん】 [noun] kaoliang, Chinese variety of sorghum

(This term, 高粱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高	粱
かお Grade: 2	りゃん Hyōgaiji
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 高粱 – see the following entry.

【カオリャン】 [noun] Alternative form of コーリャン (kōryan, “kaoliang”)

(This term, 高粱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
高	粱
こう Grade: 2	りょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

高(こう)粱(りょう) • (kōryō) 

1. Alternative form of コーリャン (kōryan, “kaoliang”)