bài

common
noun
literary

Meaning of

稗 means barnyard grass; trivial; petty; minor. Pronounced bài.

  • barnyard grass
  • trivial; petty; minor

Character Info

Radical
Strokes13
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Nóng
mín
men
zài
dào
tián
chú
bài
cǎo
 

Farmers pull out barnyard grass in the rice fields.

Bài
zi
dào
miáo
zhǎng
de
hěn
xiāng
 

Barnyard grass looks very similar to rice seedlings.

Zhè
kuài
dào
tián
bài
cǎo
fàn
làn
chéng
zāi
 

Barnyard grass has run rampant in this rice field.

Lǎo
nóng
jiào
men
fēn
biàn
dào
miáo
bài
zi
 

The elderly farmer taught us to tell rice seedlings apart from barnyard grass.

Bài
cǎo
huì
qiǎng
duó
dào
tián
de
yǎng
fèn
yáng
guāng
 

Barnyard grass will rob rice fields of nutrients and sunlight.