高粱 (gāo liáng) — sorghum (a grain crop)

Definition

noun
sorghum (a grain crop)
Measure word · 棵

Examples

  • ,高粱。
    Zài zhōng guó běi fāng, gāo liáng shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de liáng shi zuò wù.
    In northern China, sorghum is an important grain crop.
  • 高粱。
    Yòng gāo liáng kě yǐ niàng chū fēi cháng hǎo hē de bái jiǔ.
    One can make very tasty baijiu from sorghum.
  • 高粱。
    Nóng mín men zhèng zài shōu gē chéng shú de gāo liáng.
    The farmers are harvesting ripe sorghum.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

粱liángmillet

高 points to the plant's tallness, and 粱 names the grain it resembles.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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