粮 (liáng): grain, food, provisions
粮 (liáng) is a Chinese character meaning “grain.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (semantic) and 良 (phonetic). It ranks #1295 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 粮 grain. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 米 (mǐ, uncooked rice), 类 (lèi, kind), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- grain
- food
- provisions
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 粮
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗粮noun | cū liáng | coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc) |
| 粮仓noun | liáng cāng | granary |
| 口粮noun | kǒu liáng | ration |
| 干粮noun | gān liáng | rations (to take on expedition) |
| 食粮noun | shí liáng | food cereals |
| 弹尽粮绝phrase | dàn jìn liáng jué | out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) |
| 粮草noun | liáng cǎo | army provisions |
| 粮票noun | liáng piào | coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 |
| 军粮noun | jūn liáng | army provisions |
| 皇粮noun | huáng liáng | lit. imperial funding for troops |
| 杂粮noun | zá liáng | grain crops other than rice and wheat |
| 救济粮 | jiù jì liáng | relief grain |
| 钱粮noun | qián liáng | land tax |
| 储备粮 | chǔ bèi liáng | grain reserves |
| 吃粮不管事 | chī liáng bù guǎn shì | to eat without working (idiom) |
粮 appears in 60 compound words: 25 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 粮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces; preparations for war are in an advanced state
to run out of ammunition and food supply; to be in a desperate situation
Example Sentences
这个粮字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě liáng zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "粮" is related to its radical.
医生提醒:“老年人吃粗粮越多越好”不科学,合理搭配才是关键!
yī shēng tí xǐng : lǎo nián rén chī cū liáng yuè duō yuè hǎo bù kē xué , gě lǐ dā pèi cái shì guān jiàn !
The doctor reminds: "The more whole grains the elderly eat, the better" is unscientific, and reasonable matching is the key!
“老年人吃粗粮越多越好”不科学,合理摄入才是健康关键
lǎo nián rén chī cū liáng yuè duō yuè hǎo bù kē xué , gě lǐ shè rù cái shì jiàn kāng guān jiàn
"The more whole grains the elderly eat, the better" is unscientific, and reasonable intake is the key to health
(全国两会)从粮仓到市场:一位代表的“流通”之问
( quán guó liǎng huì ) cóng liáng cāng dào shì chǎng : yī wèi dài biǎo de liú tōng zhī wèn
From the granary to the market: the question of "circulation" by a representative
“人均粮”超500公斤,大国农业底气足!
rén jūn liáng chāo 5 0 0 gōng jīn , dà guó nóng yè de qì zú !
The "per capita grain" exceeds 500 kilograms, and the agriculture of a big country is full of confidence!
境外茶混充率18%降至2% 农粮署今年纳入条形包种茶产地鉴别
jìng wài chá hùn chōng lǜ 1 8 jiàng zhì 2 nóng liáng shǔ jīn nián nà rù tiáo xíng bāo zhǒng chá chǎn dì jiàn bié
The overseas tea mixing rate dropped from 18% to 2% This year, the Agriculture and Food Department included the identification of the origin of strip tea
他们想栽培新品种的米来增加粮食生产。
Tāmen xiǎng zāipéi xīn pǐnzhǒng de mǐ lái zēngjiā liángshi shēngchǎn.
They want to increase food production by growing new kinds of rice.
粮食供应十分充足。
Liángshi gōngyìng shífēn chōngzú.
There is an abundant supply of foodstuffs.
怎么样才能让我的狗吃狗粮？
Zěnmeyàng cáinéng ràng wǒ de gǒu chī gǒuliáng?
How do I get my dog to eat dog food?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 米 (grain) component
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