- 蜀黍 shǔshǔ sorghumChinese sorghum, a tall cereal grass widely grown in northern China for grain and for making liquor; also known as [[高粱|高粱|gao1 liang5]]
- 玉蜀黍 yùshǔshǔ cornmaize; corn
- 黍米 shǔmǐ broomcorn milletthe grain of the broomcorn millet; specifically a variety of glutinous millet
- 黍稷 shǔjì milletbroomcorn millet and spiked millet; often used in classical texts as a general term for crops or grain
- 黍子 shǔzi broomcorn milletThe seeds or the annual grass plant itself; the seeds are pale yellow, glutinous when cooked, and are used for making wine or cakes
- 黍离麦秀 shǔlímàixiù to grieve for a fallen nation(idiom) to lament or feel deep sorrow for a conquered country, derived from descriptions of millet and wheat growing over the ruins of a former capital; also used to describe a desolate or overgrown scene in a former seat of power
- 不差累黍 bùchālěishǔ accurate to a hair(idiom) to be exact down to the smallest detail; to be precisely accurate without the slightest error
- 怪蜀黍 guàishǔshǔ creepy uncleInternet slang for a young to middle-aged male predator or pedophile; based on a phonetic play on the word [[叔叔|叔叔|shu1 shu5]]
- 禾黍 héshǔ millet and grainstanding grain; millet; cereal crops
- 累黍 lěishǔ minute amount(literary) a very small quantity; a tiny amount or distance
- 角黍 jiǎoshǔ zongzitriangular lump of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves; also known as [[角粽|角粽|jiao3 zong4]]
- 鸡黍 jīshǔ dinner for a guest(literary) a home-cooked meal of chicken and millet prepared to welcome a guest; refers to simple but sincere hospitality
- 黍离 shǔlí grief for one's fallen countrysorrow over the ruin of a former capital or a collapsed dynasty, derived from a classic poem depicting millet growing where a palace once stood
- 黍谷生春 shǔgǔshēngchūn change for the betterA change for the better in one's life or circumstances; specifically used when a person in poverty or a difficult situation experiences a favorable turn of events. This idiom refers to a legend of a cold valley in the ancient State of Yan that became warm enough to grow grain after music was played.
- 黍鹀 shǔwú corn bunting(bird species of China) corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH