liáng shi
grain; cereals
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中国是粮食生产大国。
Zhōngguó shì liángshí shēngchǎn dàguó.
China is a major grain producing country.
我们需要珍惜粮食。
Wǒmen xūyào zhēnxī liángshí.
We need to cherish food.
粮食价格上涨了。
Liángshí jiàgé shàngzhǎngle.
The price of food has gone up.
谷物 (gǔ wù)
grain
食物 (shí wù)
food
水果 (shuiguo)
fruit
蔬菜 (shucai)
vegetable
The Chinese word 粮食 (lǐangshí) for "food grain" is a compound of two characters: 粮 (liáng) and 食 (shí). The character 粮 originally meant "rice" or "food", and it is composed of two parts: the radical 米 (mǐ), which indicates that the character is related to food, and the phonetic component 良 (liáng). The character 食 originally meant "to eat", and it is composed of two parts: the radical 人 (rén), which indicates that the character is related to humans, and the phonetic component 夕 (xī). When combined, the two characters 粮 and 食 form the word 粮食, which refers to food grains such as rice, wheat, and corn.
