米 饭 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice 米 rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier) 大 米 dà mǐ (husked) rice 水 稻 shuǐ dào rice / paddy / CL:株[zhu1] 稻 米 dào mǐ rice (crop) 白 米 bái mǐ (polished) rice 稻 子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice 稻 paddy / rice (Oryza sativa) 赖 斯 Lài sī Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 稻 草 dào cǎo rice straw 饭 碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living 粽 子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled 糯 米 nuò mǐ glutinous rice / Oryza sativa var. glutinosa 元 宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings 米 粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan 爆 米 花 bào mǐ huā puffed rice / popcorn 黄 酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) 稻 田 dào tián paddy field / rice paddy 稻 谷 dào gǔ unhusked rice / paddy 五 谷 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley 汤 圆 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival 杂 粮 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat 粳 米 jīng mǐ polished round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 炒 饭 chǎo fàn fried rice / (slang) (Tw) to have sex 年 糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 饭 团 fàn tuán rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) 米 粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule 水 田 shuǐ tián paddy field / rice paddy 饭 桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing 电 饭 煲 diàn fàn bāo rice cooker 白 饭 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it 早 稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 柴 米 油 盐 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities 电 饭 锅 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 糙 米 cāo mǐ brown rice 清 酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine) 籼 稻 xiān dào long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice) 插 秧 chā yāng to transplant rice seedlings 铁 饭 碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) 米 面 mǐ miàn rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles 粳 稻 jīng dào round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 泡 饭 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 鱼 米 之 乡 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey 淘 米 táo mǐ to rinse rice 锅 巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) 籼 米 xiān mǐ long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米[jing1 mi3]) 生 米 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice 茭 白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot 干 饭 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 八 宝 粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc 酒 酿 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine 空 口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 禾 苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1] 肠 粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 圆 子 yuán zi kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball 糯 米 粉 nuò mǐ fěn glutinous rice flour 稻 穗 dào suì rice ear 腊 八 粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar 糍 粑 cí bā sticky rice cake 生 米 煮 成 熟 饭 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) 稻 壳 dào ké rice husk 河 粉 hé fěn rice noodles in wide strips 精 essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) 电 锅 diàn guō electric rice cooker (Tw) 绍 兴 酒 Shào xīng jiǔ Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat 碾 米 niǎn mǐ rice milling 江 米 jiāng mǐ polished glutinous rice 夹 生 饭 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] 福 寿 螺 fú shòu luó giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s 酒 wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1] 碾 米 机 niǎn mǐ jī rice milling machine 饭 cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee 糯 稻 nuò dào glutinous rice / sticky rice 卢 (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy 糜 rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) 糯 glutinous rice / sticky rice 甑 cauldron / rice pot 稗 polished rice / old variant of 稗[bai4] 粳 round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1] 蛘 a weevil found in rice etc 粝 coarse rice 泔 slop from rinsing rice 箪 round basket for cooked rice 籼 long-grained rice / same as 秈 菰 Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom 糍 sticky rice cake 粞 ground rice / thresh rice 餗 pot of cooked rice 穈 porridge / rice sprouts 糈 official pay / sacrificial rice 粺 polished rice 餈 fried rice cake 籔 basket for draining rice 稌 sticky rice 粻 food / white cooked rice 粿 rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed) 粔 cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings 吹 糠 见 米 chuī kāng jiàn mǐ instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice 巧 妇 难 为 无 米 之 炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 生 米 做 成 熟 饭 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
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