Talk:穀子
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Justinrleung in topic Millet?
Millet?[edit]
@Justinrleung, Frigoris, 沈澄心 I don't want to bring this to RFV, but does 穀子 really refer to millet in general or specifically "foxtail millet"? The following are definitions of 穀子 given in various dictionaries:
- 现代汉语词典:一年生草本植物,茎直立,叶子条状披形,有毛,穗状圆锥花序,籽实圆形或椭圆形,脱壳后叫小米,是我国北方的粮作物。
- 现代汉语规范词典:粟。一年生草本植物,叶条状披针形,穗状圆锥花序。籽实圆形或椭圆形,未去壳时也叫谷子,去壳后叫小米。
- 汉语大词典:即粟。粮食作物的一种。子实去壳称小米。
- 國語辭典:植物名。禾本科狗尾草屬,一年生草本。莖直立,葉線狀披針形,有毛,穗狀圓錐花序,穀粒圓形,脫殼後叫小米,為糧食作物。也稱為「粟」、「粱」、「小米」。
There are many types of millets, including the proso millet (Panicum miliaceum), known as 黍 in Chinese, and finger millet (Eleusine coracana), known as 穇子 in Chinese. It appears that 穀子 does not refer to those species. RcAlex36 (talk) 14:29, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- @RcAlex36, from personal experience, I've heard people speaking northern Mandarin referring to the common (presumably the foxtail one, native to Northern China) millet as the 穀子. I don't know about the taxonomic intricacies, though. --Frigoris (talk) 15:25, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- @RcAlex36: I think it should just be foxtail millet. 辞海【粟】says this: 植物名。学名 Setaria italica。亦称“谷子”,去壳后称“小米”。 — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 22:35, 11 July 2021 (UTC)