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高粱

gāo liáng

2-character word

What 高粱 means

1. sorghum
2. common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare)

The characters in 高粱

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 粱liángsorghum

Words containing 高粱

• 红高粱hóng gāo liángred sorghum
• 甜高粱tián gāo liángsweet sorghum
• 糖高粱táng gāo liángsweet sorghum

Sounds the same

Read gāo liáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高梁Takahashi (Japanese surname and place name)
• 膏粱fatty meat and fine grains; (by extension) exquisite food

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