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小麦是一种重要的粮食作物。
xiǎomài shì yī zhǒng zhòngyào de liángshí zuòwù.
Wheat is an important food crop.
小麦的产量很高。
xiǎomài de chǎngliàng hěn gāo.
The yield of wheat is very high.
小麦的营养价值很高。
xiǎomài de yíngyǎng jiàzhí hěn gāo.
The nutritional value of wheat is very high.
麦子 (mài zi)
wheat
小麦子 (xiǎo mài zi)
wheat
水稻 (shuǐdào)
rice
玉米 (yùmǐ)
corn
The Chinese word 小麦 (xiǎomài) for "wheat" is composed of two characters: 小 (xiǎo), meaning "small", and 麦 (mài), meaning "barley". The character 麦 originally referred to a type of wild barley that was native to China. Over time, the character came to be used more broadly to refer to all types of cereal grains, including wheat. The character 小 is added to 麦 to indicate that wheat is a smaller type of grain compared to other cereals such as rice or corn. Therefore, the word 小麦 literally means "small barley" and is used to refer specifically to wheat.
