胚芽米

pēiyámǐ

noun

Meanings

1 semipolished rice
2 germ rice (rice with the husk removed but the germ retained)

Characters

Examples

胚芽米比白米更有营养。

Pēiyámǐ bǐ báimǐ gèng yǒu yíngyǎng.

Germ rice is more nutritious than white rice.

她每天都用胚芽米煮饭。

Tā měi tiān dōu yòng pēiyámǐ zhǔfàn.

She cooks with germ rice every day.

Tips

memory

胚芽 (pēiyá — 'embryo / germ') + 米 ('rice'): rice that keeps the embryo intact. Sits between brown rice (糙米 cāomǐ — bran kept) and white rice (白米 — everything stripped).

Stroke Order

胚 pēi

芽 yá

米 mǐ