The Chinese word for corn is
玉米

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Translations for corn and their definitions

玉米
1. n. corn; maize

粟米
1. n. (chiefly Cantonese) maize; corn
2. n. (regional) foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
3. n. (literary) grain; cereal
4. n. method used to calculate the amount of a trade

番麥
1. n. (Zhongyuan Mandarin ; Hokkien chiefly Taiwan dated in Xiamen Zhangzhou ; Vietnamese Teochew ; Zhao'an Hakka ; dialectal Wu) corn; maize

雞眼
1. n. chicken's eye(s)
2. n. (diseases) corn; clavus (callus on the toes or fingers)

鸡眼
1. Simplified form of 雞眼

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