Chinese edit

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 edit


Noun edit

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 edit

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

Further reading edit