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水稻

shuǐ dào

2-character word Measure word 株

What 水稻 means

1. rice
2. paddy

The characters in 水稻

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)

Example sentences

• 我爸种水稻。
  Wǒ bà zhǒng shuǐdào.
  My father grows rice.
• 水稻生长在温暖的气候。
  Shuǐdào shēngzhǎng zài wēnnuǎn de qìhòu.
  Rice grows in warm climates.
• 人们在多雨地区种植水稻。
  Rénmen zài duō yǔ dìqū zhòngzhí shuǐdào.
  Rice is grown in rainy regions.

Sounds the same

Read shuǐ dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 水道watercourse (river, canal, drain etc); water route; lane (in a swimming pool)