- 冬小麦 dōngxiǎomài winter wheatWheat sown in the late fall or early winter and harvested in the spring or summer of the following year.
- 春小麦 chūnxiǎomài spring wheatWheat sown in the spring and harvested later that same year in summer or autumn.
- 小麦胚芽 xiǎomàipēiyá wheat germthe embryo of a wheat kernel, often used as a nutritional supplement
- 斯佩耳特小麦 sīpèi'ěrtèxiǎomài speltspelt; a type of hulled wheat (Triticum spelta); a loanword
- 浮小麦 fúxiǎomài shriveled wheatunripe wheat grain used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat sweating and insomnia