大米

dàmǐ

noun HSK 6 #11,635

Meanings

1 rice (husked, uncooked)
2 rice grain

Characters

Big rice — husked rice grains, ready to cook.

Examples

超市里的大米打折了。

Chāoshì lǐ de dàmǐ dǎzhé le.

The rice at the supermarket is on sale.

东北大米很有名。

Dōngběi dàmǐ hěn yǒumíng.

Northeastern rice is very famous.

请买五斤大米回来。

Qǐng mǎi wǔ jīn dàmǐ huílái.

Please buy five jin of rice.

Tips

usage

Rice vocabulary: 大米 (uncooked husked rice), 米饭 (cooked rice), 稻子 (rice plant/paddy), 糯米 (glutinous rice). When shopping, you buy 大米; when eating, you eat 米饭.

Stroke Order

大 dà

米 mǐ