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禾苗

禾苗

Chinese

		cereal; grain	sprout; Miao tribe
simp. and trad. (禾苗)		禾	苗

Noun

禾苗

seedling (of a cereal crop) (Classifier: 棵)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hémiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ miu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: hémiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hermiau
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    何苗
    禾苗
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁴ miu⁴
  - Yale: wòh mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ miu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ miːu̯²¹/