糧 (loeng4 | liang2) : grain; food; salary

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糧

loeng4

liang2

[1] grain; food; provisions
[2] grain tax paid in kind
[3] [slang] salary

Stroke count: 18

Level: 1

Radical: 米 (#119)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

糧 / 粮

This word has been viewed 6260 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Feb 2012 05:56

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糧食劵 loeng4 sik6 hyun3 liang2 shi2 quan2 = food stamp or coupon

出糧 ceot1 loeng4 = pay salary 粵

狗糧 gau2 loeng4 gou3 liang2 = dog food

粗糧 cou1 loeng4 cu1 liang2 = coarse grains (as opposed to rice and wheat)

糧食 loeng4 sik6 liang2 shi5 = foodstuffs, cereals

出糧天 ceot1 loeng4 tin1 = payday 粵

糧單 loeng4 daan1 = pay slip

儲備糧 cyu5 bei6 loeng4 chu3 bei4 liang2 = grain reserves

乾糧 gon1 loeng4 = dried food

寅吃卯糧 jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4 yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2 = to eat next year's food; to anticipate one's income 國

貓糧 maau1 loeng4 mao1 liang2 = cat food

魚糧 jyu4 loeng4 yu2 liang2 = fish food

鳥糧 niu5 loeng4 niao3 liang2 = bird food

糧倉 loeng4 cong1 liang2 cang1 = granary, barn; a figurative "bread basket" (of fertile agricultural land)

寅食卯糧 jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4 = living on credit 粵

彈盡糧絕 daan6 zoen6 loeng4 zyut6 dan4 jin4 liang2 jue2 = to be out of ammunition and food staples; to be in dire circumstances during a war

年尾雙糧 nin4 mei5 soeng1 loeng4 nian2 wei3 shuang1 liang2 = year-end double pay 粵

軍糧 gwan1 leong4 jun1 liang2 = military food supplies; combat food

糧票 loeng4 piu3 liang2 piao4 = food coupon

食長糧 sik6 coeng4 loeng4 shi2 chang2 liang2 = 1. live of one's pension 2. be in jail on a lifetime prision sentence 粵

五糧液 ng5 loeng4 jik6 wu3 liang2 ye4 = Wuliangye, a major Chinese beverage company; the drink Wuliangye

咬糧 ngaau5 loeng4 yao3 liang2 = be a pensioner 粵

糗糧 jau2 loeng4 qiu3 liang2 = dry rations 國

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+7ce7 (off-site link)

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