米粟

Chinese

		rice; metre	grain; millet
trad. (米粟)		米	粟
simp. #(米粟)		米	粟
anagram		粟米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄙㄨˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-chhiak / bí-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐsù
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-su⁴
    • Yale: mǐ-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miisuh
    • Palladius: мису (misu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bychiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byzheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

米粟

1. (literary) grain; cereal

   • 米粟非不多也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mǐsù fēi bùduō yě. [Pinyin]

     The stores of rice and other grain are very large.

2. (Southern Min) rice hull; rice husk

Synonyms

• (grain):

• 米糧／米粮 (mǐliáng)
• 粟米 (sùmǐ) (literary)
• 糧食／粮食 (liángshí)
• 菽粟 (shūsù) (dated, figurative)

 

• (rice hull): 稻殼／稻壳 (dàoké), (Hokkien, Teochew) 粟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	粟
べい Grade: 2	ぞく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

米(べい)粟(ぞく) • (beizoku) 

1. (archaic) grain; rice and millet