小麦 xiǎomài wheat
How to remember 小麦: 小 small + 麦 wheat = wheat.
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How it is used
- Wheat (the crop/grain): 种小麦 (zhòng xiǎomài) to grow wheat, 小麦粉 (wheat flour).
- Agricultural staple term; distinguish from 大米 (dàmǐ, rice) and 面粉 (miànfěn, flour as product).
- Neutral; measure word 粒 for grains.
Example sentences
- 面粉是小麦制成的。 Miànfěn shì xiǎomài zhìchéng de.Flour is made from wheat.
- 你能辨别小麦和大麦吗？ Nǐ néng biànbié xiǎomài hé dàmài ma?Can you tell wheat from barley?