Definition
水稻 (shuǐ dào) refers specifically to the rice plant growing in the field — the living crop. It is different from 大米 (dà mǐ, husked raw grains) and 米饭 (mǐ fàn, cooked rice). Use 水稻 when talking about farming, planting, or the plant itself.
noun
paddy ricerice (as a plant growing in the field)
Measure word · 株
Examples
- 水稻。Nóngmín zài tián li zhòng le hěn duō shuǐ dào.The farmers planted a lot of rice in the fields.
- 水稻，。Zhè piàn shuǐ dào zhǎng de fēicháng hǎo, jīnnián shōuchéng búcuò.This area of rice is growing very well, so the harvest will be good this year.
- 水稻。Zhè yì zhū shuǐ dào bǐ qítā de dōu gāo.This stalk of rice is taller than all the others.
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