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Hainanese Chicken Rice in Hong Kong Singaporean Restaurant
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Ceeseven
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Hainanese chicken rice
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Misaochan
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CC BY 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Chatterbox ChickenRice
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Jpatokal
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海南鸡饭

海南雞飯
Hǎinán jīfàn
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Hainanese chicken rice

About the dish

海南菜 Hainan · 主食 Staple

Poached chicken, cooled in iced water and chopped, served at room temperature, with rice cooked in chicken stock and fat and dips of chili, ginger and dark soy sauce. Plain and mild; the flavour is in the rice and the dips.

Examples

HSK 5
Hǎinán jīfàn de mǐfàn shì yòng jītāng zhǔ de.
The rice in Hainanese chicken rice is cooked in chicken stock.
HSK 6
Qù Xīnjiāpō lǚyóu, hěnduō rén dōu yào chī yí cì Hǎinán jīfàn.
Many people who travel to Singapore make sure to have Hainanese chicken rice at least once.

Stroke Order

海 hǎi
南 nán
鸡 jī
饭 fàn