麥子

麥子

1. any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m; 棵 m)
2. grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)
   • 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 約翰福音 [John] 12:24:

     我實實在在的告訴你們、一粒麥子不落在地裏死了、仍舊是一粒．若是死了、就結出許多子粒來。 [MSC, trad.]
     我实实在在的告诉你们、一粒麦子不落在地里死了、仍旧是一粒．若是死了、就结出许多子粒来。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ shíshízàizài de gàosu nǐmen, yī lì màizi bù luò zài dìli sǐ le, réngjiù shì yī lì. Ruòshì sǐ le, jiù jiéchū xǔduō zǐlì lái. [Pinyin]

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

• (wheat):

• → Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡝ (maise)