millet; foxtail millet
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
foxtail millet; husked grain of Setaria italica
Refers specifically to the husked grain of foxtail millet (Setaria italica), a staple food in northern China. Can be used with the retroflex suffix 'r' (儿化) as 小米儿 (xiǎo mǐ r).
Xiǎo小
mǐ米
yíng营
yǎng养
fēng丰
fù富
，
shì是
běi北
fāng方
dì地
qū区
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
liáng粮
shí食
zhī之
yī一
。
Millet is highly nutritious and one of the staple grains in northern China.
Zǎo早
shang上
hē喝
yī一
wǎn碗
xiǎo小
mǐ米
zhōu粥
duì对
wèi胃
hěn很
hǎo好
。
Drinking a bowl of millet porridge in the morning is good for the stomach.
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Nóng农
mín民
bǎ把
gǔ谷
zi子
jiā加
gōng工
chéng成
xiǎo小
mǐ米
。
Farmers process unhusked millet into husked millet.