穀子
Chinese
editgrain; corn | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (穀子) | 穀 | 子 | |
simp. (谷子) | 谷 | 子 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǔzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: ku3-tzŭ5
- Yale: gǔ-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.tzy
- Palladius: гуцзы (guczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- Homophones:
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股子
骨子
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gu2 zi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guz
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: guk1 zi2
- Yale: gūk jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: guk7 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: gug1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
edit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
edit- (foxtail millet):
Dialectal synonyms of 穀子 (“foxtail millet (plant or unhulled grain)”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 粟, 禾, 嘉穀, 稷 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粟 | |
Taxonomic name | 粟 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 穀子 |
Harbin | 穀子 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 穀子 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 穀 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 穀子 |
Wanrong | 穀 | |
Xi'an | 穀子 | |
Xining | 穀子 | |
Xuzhou | 穀子 | |
Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 穀子 |
Lanzhou | 穀子 | |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小米 |
Wuhan | 粟穀 grain | |
Guiyang | 小米 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小米 |
Yangzhou | 穀子 | |
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):
- (paddy):
- (rice):
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- 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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