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The Chinese word for corn is
玉米

yùmǐ



corn



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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