米面 (mǐmiàn): rice and flour (i.e., staple grains)

Meanings

1 rice and flour (i.e., staple grains)
2 rice flour
3 rice-flour noodles

Characters

米

Examples

家里的米面够吃一个月。

Jiā lǐ de mǐmiàn gòu chī yí gè yuè.

The rice and flour at home are enough to last a month.

江西人喜欢吃米面做的点心。

Jiāngxīrén xǐhuan chī mǐmiàn zuò de diǎnxīn.

People from Jiangxi like snacks made from rice flour.

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usage

米面 has multiple senses depending on region: (1) collectively, staple grains — rice + wheat flour, as in 米面油 (rice, flour, cooking oil, the trio of basic household supplies); (2) flour ground from rice; (3) rice-flour noodles, especially in some southern dialects. Context disambiguates.