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糧

简粮 · 繁糧

Mandarin · pinyin liáng

grain
food
provisions
agricultural tax paid in grain

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粮: liáng · food, grain, provisions

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

loeng4

Cantonese word readings for 糧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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grain; provisions; food
(Cantonese) salary (Classifier: 份 c)
(economics, dated) land tax
(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) soldier's pay
a surname

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