白米

báimǐ

noun #52,525

Meanings

HSK 4

妈妈去超市买了一袋白米。

Māma qù chāoshì mǎi le yí dài báimǐ.

Mom went to the supermarket and bought a bag of white rice.

HSK 7-9

以前白米很贵，穷人只能吃粗粮。

Yǐqián báimǐ hěn guì, qióngrén zhǐnéng chī cūliáng.

White rice used to be expensive, and the poor could only eat coarse grains.

usage

白米 is rice milled until the bran is gone. Compare 糙米 'brown rice' and 黑米 'black rice'. Once cooked, it is 米饭.

白 bái

米 mǐ