Grain in Chinese
grain · HSK 5
粮食
- 粮 grain
- 食 to eat
吃饭的时候不要浪费粮食。 Don't waste food when you eat.
Other ways to say grain
More words with 粮 or 食
How do you say grain in Chinese?
Grain in Chinese is 粮食 (liáng shi). You can also say 粒 (lì), 米 (mǐ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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