粘米粉 (zhānmǐfěn) · rice flour, non-glutinous rice flour

Measure Word

一袋粘米粉 dài

Meanings

1 rice flour
2 non-glutinous rice flour

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Flour ground from ordinary, non-glutinous rice, much less sticky than glutinous rice flour. It is the base of steamed radish cake, taro cake and many other rice snacks.

Also called 籼米粉、大米粉

Used in 3 dishes

萝卜糕 luóbogāo

红豆糕 hóngdòugāo

芋头糕 yùtóugāo

Characters

粘

zhān

to stick (part of a name for ordinary rice)

Examples

HSK 7-9

粘米粉是普通大米磨成的粉。

Zhānmǐfěn shì pǔtōng dàmǐ móchéng de fěn.

Rice flour is flour ground from ordinary rice.

HSK 7-9

做萝卜糕和肠粉，常用粘米粉。

Zuò luóbogāo hé chángfěn, cháng yòng zhānmǐfěn.

Turnip cake and rice noodle rolls are often made with rice flour.

Tips

mistakes

Despite 粘 in the name, this is the flour that is not sticky: it is ground from ordinary long-grain rice. The sticky one is 糯米粉. 粘 is read zhān here. It is also called 籼米粉, and in Taiwan 在来米粉.