小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小麦
xiǎomài
wheat
Characters in this word
麦 mài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 麦 — wheat, barley, oats
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 夂 to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 今年的干旱影响了小麦产量，农民很担心。 Jīnnián de gānhàn yǐngxiǎng le xiǎomài chǎnliàng, nóngmín hěn dānxīn. This year's drought affected the wheat yield, and the farmers are very worried.
- 北方的农民大多种小麦，南方则更多种水稻。 Běifāng de nóngmín dàduō zhòng xiǎomài, nánfāng zé gèng duō zhòng shuǐdào. Farmers in the north mostly grow wheat, while in the south more rice is grown.
- 面粉是用小麦磨成的，做面包和面条都可以。 Miànfěn shì yòng xiǎomài mó chéng de, zuò miànbāo hé miàntiáo dōu kěyǐ. Flour is ground from wheat and can be used to make both bread and noodles.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young