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Hanzi

稻

paddy/rice (Oryza sativa)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

dào

Bopomofo

ㄉㄠˋ

Jyutping

dou6

Example sentences

稻草 dàocǎo
稻草人是用稻草做的。

Scarecrows are made of rice straw.

水稻 shuǐdào
農夫們正在水田裡辛勤地收割成熟的水稻。
农夫们正在水田里辛勤地收割成熟的水稻。

The farmers are hard at work harvesting the ripe paddy in the wet fields.

培育 péiyù
科學家成功培育出了一種新的水稻品種。
科学家成功培育出了一种新的水稻品种。

Scientists have successfully bred a new variety of rice.

稻 dào
秋天一到，田裡的稻隨風起伏，像金色的浪。
秋天一到，田里的稻随风起伏，像金色的浪。

When autumn arrives, the rice plants in the field sway with the wind like golden waves.

穗 suì
成熟的稻穗在風裡低垂。
成熟的稻穗在风里低垂。

The mature rice ears bent low in the wind.

稻田 dàotián
農夫在稻田裡工作。
农夫在稻田里工作。

The farmer is working in the rice field.

瞧見 / 瞧见 qiáojiàn
我從車上瞧見一片金色的稻田。
我从车上瞧见一片金色的稻田。

From the car, I caught sight of a stretch of golden rice fields.

稻穗 dàosuì
稻田裡金黃色的稻穗隨風搖擺。
稻田里金黄色的稻穗随风摇摆。

The golden rice ears in the paddy field swayed with the wind.

禾 hé
古文字中的「禾」像一株彎腰的稻穗。
古文字中的「禾」像一株弯腰的稻穗。

In ancient writing, the character for a grain plant resembles a bent rice ear.

稻穀 / 稻谷 dàogǔ
農民們在陽光下曬收割好的稻穀。
农民们在阳光下晒收割好的稻谷。

Farmers dry the harvested rice in the sun.

Example Vocabulary

稻草

dao4'cao3

rice straw

水稻

shui3'dao4

paddy; water rice

稻

dao4

rice plant; paddy rice

稻城

稻田

dao4'tian2

rice field; rice paddy

稻穗

dao4'sui4

ear of rice; rice spike; head of rice

稻子

dao4'zi

稻穀

dao4'gu3

unhusked rice; rice grain

籼稻

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