Chinese symbol for “quinoa”
藜麦
lí mài
Traditional: 藜麥
quinoa
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quinoa is 藜麦 (lí mài), defined as: quinoa.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 藜麦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒺藜 | jí li | (botany) caltrop; puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); barbed object |
| 铁蒺藜 (鐵蒺藜) | tiě jí li | (military) caltrop |
| 羹藜含糗 | gēng lí hán qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la guerre comme à la guerre |
| 羹藜唅糗 | gēng lí hān qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la guerre comme à la guerre |
| 小麦 (小麥) | xiǎo mài | wheat; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 麦克 (麥克) | mài kè | (loanword) microphone |
| 麦克风 (麥克風) | mài kè fēng | (loanword) microphone |
| 大麦 (大麥) | dà mài | barley |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quinoa”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.