dialect term for sorghum
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
sorghum; kaoliang
dialectDialect term used in parts of northern China (e.g., Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong) to refer to sorghum.
Wǒ我
men们
lǎo老
jiā家
bǎ把
gāo高
liang粱
jiào叫
zuò作
táo桃
shǔ黍
。
In my hometown, we call sorghum 'taoshu'.
Zhè这
piàn片
dì地
lǐ里
zhòng种
de的
dōu都
shì是
táo桃
shǔ黍
。
This whole field is planted with sorghum.
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Táo桃
shǔ黍
mǐ米
kě可
yǐ以
yòng用
lái来
áo熬
zhōu粥
。
Sorghum grains can be used to cook porridge.
Qù去
nián年
táo桃
shǔ黍
shōu收
chéng成
bù不
cuò错
。
Last year's sorghum harvest was pretty good.