米糧

Chinese

		rice; metre	grain; provisions
trad. (米糧)		米	糧
simp. (米粮)		米	粮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǐliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): милён (mili͡on, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ loeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-liòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-niû / bí-niô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐliáng
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-liang²
    • Yale: mǐ-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miiliang
    • Palladius: милян (miljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: милён (mili͡on, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ liɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ loeng⁴
    • Yale: máih lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi` liongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-niû
    • Tâi-lô: bí-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byniuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ niũ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-niô͘
    • Tâi-lô: bí-niôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /bi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ niɔ̃²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mejX ljang

Rime
Character	米	糧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	莫禮切	呂章切
Baxter	mejX	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meiX/	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meiX/	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛiX/	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjX/	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/meiX/	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/mieiX/	/lĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieiX/	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai5	loeng4

Noun

米糧

1. grain; cereal

Synonyms

• 米粟 (mǐsù) (literary)
• 粟米 (sùmǐ) (literary)
• 糧食／粮食 (liángshí)
• 菽粟 (shūsù) (dated, figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 米糧川／米粮川 (mǐliángchuān)