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稻

dào

HSK 6 Character

What 稻 means

1. paddy
2. rice (Oryza sativa)

Example sentences

• 我爸种水稻。
  Wǒ bà zhǒng shuǐdào.
  My father grows rice.
• 稻穗越饱满越低头。
  Dàosuì yuè bǎomǎn yuè dītóu.
  The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
• 预期今年稻米会丰收。
  Yùqī jīnnián dàomǐ huì fēngshōu.
  This year promises a good harvest of rice.
• 收获稻子时举办节日。
  A festival is held at the rice harvest.
• 稻米生长在温暖的国家。
  Dàomǐ shēngzhǎng zài wēnnuǎn de guójiā.
  Rice grows in warm countries.
• 水稻生长在温暖的气候。
  Shuǐdào shēngzhǎng zài wēnnuǎn de qìhòu.
  Rice grows in warm climates.

Words starting with 稻

• 稻谷dào gǔunhusked rice; paddy
• 稻草dào cǎorice straw
• 稻田dào tiánpaddy field; rice paddy
• 稻草人dào cǎo rénscarecrow
• 稻子dào zirice (crop); unhulled rice
• 稻米dào mǐrice (crop)
• 稻作dào zuòrice cultivation
• 稻壳dào kérice husk
• 稻浪dào làngrice field rippling in the wind
• 稻苗dào miáorice seedling
• 稻城县Dào chéng XiànDaocheng, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 稻荷寿司dào hè shòu sīinarizushi (pouch of fried tofu typically filled with rice)
• 稻穗dào suìrice ear
• 稻田苇莺dào tián wěi yīng(bird species of China) paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
• 稻糠dào kāngrice husk
• 稻田鹨dào tián liù(bird species of China) paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)
• 稻城Dào chéngsee 稻城县

Words containing 稻

• 水稻shuǐ dàorice; paddy
• 早稻zǎo dàoearly season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe
• 再生稻zài shēng dàoratoon rice; rice plants that regrow from stubble after the first harvest, yielding a…
• 捞稻草lāo dào cǎo(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation); to take advantage of the situation…
• 救命稻草jiù mìng dào cǎo(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
• 早稻田大学Zǎo dào tián Dà xuéWaseda University (private university in Tokyo)
• 禾稻hé dàopaddy (rice)
• 糯稻nuò dàoglutinous rice; sticky rice
• 籼稻xiān dàolong-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)
• 粳稻jīng dàoround-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice)
• 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎothe straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw

Characters built on 舀

These share the phonetic component 舀 (yǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 滔tāo(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
• 韬tāobow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy

Characters that look like 稻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 榻tàcouch
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà

Sounds the same

Read dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 到to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 道road; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 盗to steal; to rob; to plunder
• 悼to mourn; to lament
• 倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump
• 纛big banner; feather banner or fan
• 焘cover over; to envelope
• 翿feather banner or fan
• 帱canopy
• 稲variant of 稻
• 衟old variant of 道