liáng
Traditional: 糧
粮 (liáng) is a Chinese word meaning “grain; food; provisions”.
Meanings
- 1grain
- 2food
- 3provisions
- 4agricultural tax paid in grain
Related words
粮食foodstuff粗粮coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)粮仓granary口粮ration干粮rations (to take on expedition)食粮food cereals弹尽粮绝out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits粮票coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993粮草army provisions军粮army provisions皇粮lit. imperial funding for troops杂粮grain crops other than rice and wheat