穀子

Chinese

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


Noun

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. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (ACG, slang) goods (a phono-semantic matching of Japanese グッズ)

Synonyms

  • (foxtail millet):
  • (hulled grain of the foxtail millet):
  • (paddy):
  • (rice):
  • (ACG slang for goods): 周邊周边 (zhōubiān) (non-slang term)

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