Corn in Chinese (Mandarin): 玉米 (yùmǐ)
玉米
yùmǐ
corn
- Simplified
- 玉米
- Traditional
- 玉米
- Pinyin
- yùmǐ
- Typed as
- yumi
Use it in a sentence
玉米一粒一粒的。
Corn is made of lots of little kernels.
The characters in 玉米
玉
Jade.
5 strokes
米
Rice, grain.
6 strokes
玉米 is "jade rice", for its shiny kernels. Popcorn is 爆米花 (bàomǐhuā), "popped rice flowers".
More examples with 玉米
玉米是黄色的。
玉米是黃色的。
Yùmǐ shì huángsè de.
Corn is yellow.
我吃了一根玉米。
Wǒ chī le yì gēn yùmǐ.
I ate an ear of corn.
How to write 玉米 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
玉 5 strokes
米 6 strokes
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