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粟米

Mandarin · pinyin sù mǐ

corn
maize (dialect)

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粟: sù · unhusked millet; grain
米: mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice

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4–3 · su4 mi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

suk1 mai5

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noun

(chiefly Cantonese) maize; corn (Classifier: 粒 c; 條／条 c)
(regional) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
(literary) grain; cereal
method used to calculate the amount of a trade
(Hengyang Xiang) sorghum

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