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粮食

liáng shi · liang shi

Traditional 糧食

HSK 4Old HSK 5Measure word: 种 zhǒng

Meaning

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  1. foodstuff
  2. cereals
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Fields of grain

  1. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，这片(zhèpiàn)田(tián)里(lǐ)的(de)粮食(liángshi)快(kuài)成熟(chéngshú)了(le)。

    Look, the grain in this field is almost ripe.

  2. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)是(shì)什么(shénme)粮食(liángshi)？大米(dàmǐ)吗(ma)？

    What grain is this? Rice?

  3. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，是(shì)小麦(xiǎomài)，可以(kěyǐ)做(zuò)面包(miànbāo)。

    No, it is wheat. You can make bread from it.

  4. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)，我(wǒ)最(zuì)爱(ài)吃(chī)面包(miànbāo)。

    Great, I love bread the most.

  5. Liangliang

    所以(suǒyǐ)不要(bùyào)浪费(làngfèi)粮食(liángshi)，吃多少买多少(chīduōshaomǎiduōshao)。

    So do not waste food. Buy only what you eat.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)吃(chī)一个(yīgè)面包(miànbāo)，再(zài)吃(chī)一个(yīgè)。

    OK, then I will eat only one bread, and then one more.

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2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)想(xiǎng)栽(zāi)培(péi)新(xīn)品(pǐn)种(zhǒng)的(de)米(mǐ)来(lái)增(zēng)加(jiā)粮(liáng)食(shí)生(shēng)产(chǎn)。

They want to increase food production by growing new kinds of rice.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

战(zhàn)争(zhēng)期(qī)间(jiān)粮(liáng)食(shí)供(gōng)应(yìng)十(shí)分(fēn)紧(jǐn)张(zhāng)。

During the war, food supplies were very tight.

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