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穗

suì

Character

What 穗 means

1. ear of grain
2. tassel; fringe

Other readings

穗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Suìabbr. for Guangzhou {广州|Guǎng zhōu}

Example sentences

• 美穗是钢琴家。
  Měisuì shì gāngqínjiā.
  Miho is a pianist.
• 稻穗越饱满越低头。
  Dàosuì yuè bǎomǎn yuè dītóu.
  The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

Words starting with 穗

• 穗饰suì shìtassel
• 穗䳭suì jí(bird species of China) northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Words containing 穗

• 麦穗mài suìear of wheat
• 吐穗tǔ suìto have the ears of grain come up
• 孕穗yùn suì(grain farming) booting (i.e. the swelling of the leaf sheath due to panicle growth)
• 抽穗chōu suì(of cereal crops) to put forth ears; to come into ear
• 接穗jiē suìscion (branch or bud that is grafted onto rootstock)
• 果穗guǒ suìear (of corn or sorghum etc); bunch (of grapes); infructescence
• 稻穗dào suìrice ear
• 谷穗gǔ suìear of grain; gerbe (used on coats of arms)
• 齐眉穗儿qí méi suì rbangs (hair)
• 三穗县Sān suì XiànSansui, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 弄岗穗鹛Nòng gǎng suì méi(bird species of China) Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis)
• 斑颈穗鹛bān jǐng suì méi(bird species of China) spot-necked babbler (Stachyris strialata)
• 红头穗鹛hóng tóu suì méi(bird species of China) rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps)
• 红额穗鹛hóng é suì méi(bird species of China) rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons)
• 金头穗鹛jīn tóu suì méi(bird species of China) golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
• 黑颏穗鹛hēi kē suì méi(bird species of China) black-chinned babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)
• 黑头穗鹛hēi tóu suì méi(bird species of China) grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)
• 三穗Sān suìsee 三穗县

Characters that look like 穗

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read suì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 岁classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
• 碎(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 隧tunnel; underground passage
• 遂to satisfy; to succeed; then
• 祟evil spirit
• 邃deep; distant; mysterious
• 燧(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's…
• 谇abuse
• 繐fine and loose cloth; tassel
• 襚grave-clothes
• 睟bright eye; clear
• 璲pendant girdle-ornaments