Chinese

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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)
simp. (谷子)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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穀子

  1. (especially northern China) foxtail millet (Setaria italica, the plant or the unhulled grain)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) hulled grain of the foxtail millet
  3. (dialectal) paddy; unhulled rice
  4. (Southwestern Mandarin) rice (plant)
  5. (ACG, slang) goods. Phono-semantic matching of Japanese グッズ.

Synonyms

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  • (foxtail millet):
  • (hulled grain of the foxtail millet):
  • (paddy):
  • (rice):

Derived terms

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Further reading

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