麦子 (mài zi) — wheat; barley (also broadly used for other cereal grains)

Definition

Examples

• 农民在田里种了很多麦子。
  Nóng mín zài tián lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō mài zi.
  The farmers planted a lot of wheat in the fields.
• 这些麦子可以磨成面粉做面包。
  Zhè xiē mài zi kě yǐ mó chéng miàn fěn zuò miàn bāo.
  These grains can be ground into flour to make bread.
• 秋天到了，金色的麦子成熟了。
  Qiū tiān dào le, jīn sè de mài zi chéng shú le.
  Autumn has arrived, and the golden wheat is ripe.