糧 (loeng4) — grain tax paid in kind in Cantonese
loengˎ₄糧简 粮
Mandarin Pinyin: liang2
Meaning of 糧
noungrain tax paid in kind
noungrain; food; provisions
nounsalary
noun(noun) salary
Example Sentences with 糧
keoiˏ₅佢daai˗₃帶zoˊ²咗houˊ²好doˉ¹多qauˊ²糗loengˎ₄糧。
He/She brought a lot of snacks.
maaiˏ₅買diˉ¹啲lingˎ₄零sikˍ₆食dongˉ¹當qauˊ²糗loengˎ₄糧。
Buy some snacks as provisions.
gaauˉ¹郊jauˎ₄遊sikˍ₆食matˉ¹乜jeˏ₅嘢qauˊ²糗loengˎ₄糧？
What snacks to eat for the outing?
diˉ¹啲qauˊ²糗loengˎ₄糧houˊ²好meiˍ₆味wo˗₃喎！
These snacks taste good!
ngoˏ₅我mouˏ₅冇daai˗₃帶qauˊ²糗loengˎ₄糧。
I didn't bring any snacks.
Words Containing 糧
魚糧jyu4 loeng4
fish food
出糧天ceot1 loeng4 tin1
payday
糧單loeng4 daan1
pay slip
貓糧maau1 loeng4
cat food
年尾雙糧nin4 mei5 soeng1 loeng4
year-end double pay
儲備糧cyu5 bei6 loeng4
grain reserves
糗糧jau2 loeng4
dry rations
寅吃卯糧jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4
to eat next year's food; to anticipate one's income (lit., "the third terrestrial branch eats the fourth's food")
鳥糧niu5 loeng4
bird food [粵]: 雀粟
豬糧zyu1 loeng4
pig feed/food; feedstock for pigs
軍糧gwan1 leong4
military food supplies; combat food
食長糧sik6 coeng4 loeng4
1. live of one's pension 2. be in jail on a lifetime prision sentence
Want to actually remember 糧?
Practice with spaced-repetition flashcards or follow our free structured Cantonese course.