How to say “rice” in Chinese
rice (plant)
“Rice” in Chinese is 水稻, shuǐ dào: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
水稻 is read shuǐ dào: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a stream.
On the left, 禾 “grain”. The right part is the same as in 蹈 dǎo.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “水稻”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 水稻. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 南方种水稻，北方种小麦。nánfāngzhòngshuǐdào,běifāngzhòngxiǎomàiIn the south they grow rice, in the north wheat.
- 南方种2水稻北方种2小麦nánfāngzhòngshuǐdào,běifāngzhòngxiǎomàiIn the south they grow rice, in the north wheat.
- 这种土壤适宜种植水稻zhèzhǒngtǔrǎngshìyízhòngzhíshuǐdàoThis kind of soil is suitable for growing rice.
More words from the lesson “Rice, wheat and the harvest”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “rice” in Chinese?
“Rice” in Chinese is 水稻, pinyin shuǐdào.
What does 水稻 mean?
水稻 (shuǐdào) means “rice (plant)”.
How do you write 水稻?
水稻 is 2 characters: 水 (shuǐ) — water; 稻 (dào) — rice (plant). The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 水稻?
水稻 is read shuǐdào. Tones: shuǐ — third tone, dào — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“rice” in the lesson “Rice, wheat and the harvest”
This word is from the topic “Fields, forests and animals” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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