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米饭 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice
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 dào paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)
赖斯 Lài sī Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
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 / (Tw) (slang) 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
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 / "daifuku")
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
秧苗 yāng miáo seedling / (esp.) rice seedling
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 ciba, glutinous 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 jīng 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 (Tw) electric rice cooker
红曲 hóng qū red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
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
八宝饭 bā bǎo fàn Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
江米 jiāng mǐ polished glutinous rice
河 hé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3]
米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
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]
谷壳 gǔ ké husk (of rice etc) / chaff
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 jiǔ 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 fàn cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee
糯稻 nuò dào glutinous rice / sticky rice
卢 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy
筛 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals)
糜 mí rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money)
糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice
甑 zèng cauldron / rice pot
稗 bài polished rice / old variant of 稗[bai4]
粳 jīng round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1]
蛘 yáng a weevil found in rice etc
砻 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool
粝 lì coarse rice
泔 gān slop from rinsing rice
箪 dān round basket for cooked rice
籼 xiān long-grained rice / same as 秈
菰 gū 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[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom
粞 xī ground rice / thresh rice
餗 sù pot of cooked rice
穈 mén porridge / rice sprouts
糈 xǔ official pay / sacrificial rice
粺 bài polished rice
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