ceon1 siu2 mak6春小麥春小麦
Jyutpingceon1 siu2 mak6
Yalechēun síu mahk
Definition
Spring wheat; wheat sown in the spring and harvested in late summer.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to wheat varieties planted in the spring and harvested in the late summer or autumn. It is a technical agricultural term rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing farming or grain markets. In most urban contexts, people simply use 麥 or 小麥 to refer to wheat in general.
Examples
A lot of spring wheat was planted here this year.
Do you know where they sell spring wheat?
Related words
Common phrases
spring wheat production
to plant spring wheat
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
