# 水稻 (shuǐdào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 水稻 (shuǐdào) means “rice plant; paddy rice”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: rice plant; paddy rice
- Pinyin: shuǐdào (shui3 dao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Measure word: 株

## Examples

- 南方的农民主要种植水稻。
  Nánfāng de nóngmín zhǔyào zhòngzhí shuǐdào.
  Farmers in the south mainly grow paddy rice.

## Characters

- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- 稻 (dào): paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)

https://hanziro.com/word/shui-dao-rice-plant/

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