高粱

gāoliang

noun #47,474

Meanings

1 sorghum
2 kaoliang (the grain used to make baijiu)

Characters

fine grain; millet

Examples

HSK 4

这片地种的是高粱。

Zhè piàn dì zhòng de shì gāoliang.

This field is planted with sorghum.

HSK 5

高粱酒度数很高。

Gāoliang jiǔ dùshù hěn gāo.

Sorghum liquor is very high-proof.

In Pop Culture

《红高粱》《 Hóng Gāoliang 》

Red Sorghum

Mo Yan's 1986 novella and Zhang Yimou's 1987 film debut (Golden Bear, Berlin 1988) set in Shandong sorghum fields during the Japanese occupation.

Stroke Order

高 gāo

粱 liáng