面 粉 miàn fěn flour 白 面 bái miàn wheat flour / flour / heroin 面 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless 米 粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan 汤 圆 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival 面 食 miàn shí food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc 年 糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 糨 糊 jiàng hù flour paste 米 面 mǐ miàn rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles 玉 米 面 yù mǐ miàn cornmeal / maize flour 面 糊 miàn hù flour paste 肠 粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 糯 米 粉 nuò mǐ fěn glutinous rice flour 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink / fan (suffix) (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of 鲊 zhǎ salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 粿 guǒ rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed) 粔 jù cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings 米 粉 肉 mǐ fěn ròu rice flour meat 中 筋 面 粉 zhōng jīn miàn fěn all-purpose flour / flour for making dumplings and noodles 低 筋 面 粉 dī jīn miàn fěn low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour 橡 子 面 xiàng zi miàn acorn flour 莜 面 yóu miàn oat noodles or flour 葛 粉 gé fěn starch of pueraria root / arrowroot flour 蜂 糕 fēng gāo sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake) 杂 和 面 zá huo miàn corn flour mixed with a little soybean flour 高 筋 面 粉 gāo jīn miàn fěn bread flour / hard flour 鹰 嘴 豆 面 粉 yīng zuǐ dòu miàn fěn chickpea flour 麦 芽 面 mài yá miàn malted flour / kimea 花 生 粉 huā shēng fěn groundnut flour 粄 bǎn (Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc) 自 发 粉 zì fā fěn self-rising flour 辣 条 là tiáo spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat 汤 种 tāng zhǒng water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 / yudane)