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五ng5穀guk1

simp五谷
ng5 guk1wǔ gǔ

English

  1. five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants
  2. all crops
  3. all grains
  4. oats, peas, beans and barley
  5. the five cereals (rice, two kinds of millet, wheat and beans); food crops

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 泛指各種主要食用穀物、禾本科植物嘅種子,五穀説法不一,比較普遍嘅講法係指稻、黍、稷、麥、菽

Examples

  • 五穀豐登

    bountiful harvest

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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