穀子
Chinese
| grain; corn | child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (穀子) | 穀 | 子 | |
| simp. (谷子) | 谷 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
穀子
- (especially northern China) millet, especially the foxtail millet (Setaria italica)[1]
- (dialectal) paddy; unhulled rice
- (Southwestern Mandarin) rice (plant)
Synonyms
| 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 | |
| Jinan | 穀子 | |
| Muping | 穀 | |
| Luoyang | 穀子 | |
| Jiedian | 穀 | |
| Xi'an | 穀子 | |
| Xining | 穀子 | |
| Xuzhou | 穀子 | |
| Yinchuan | 穀子 | |
| Lanzhou | 穀子 | |
| Wuhan | 粟穀 grain | |
| Chengdu | 小米 | |
| Guiyang | 小米 | |
| 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 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蘆粟, 狗尾粟 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 秮, 犬尾秮 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 黍仔 |
| Chaozhou | 秮 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 粟禾 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 粟 |
| Wenzhou | 粟米 | |
| Chongming | 小米 | |
| Danyang | 小米 | |
| Jinhua | 粟兒 plant, 粟穀 grain | |
References
- 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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