大米

dàmǐ

noun HSK 6 #11,635

Meanings

1 rice (husked, uncooked)
2 rice grain

Characters

Big rice - husked rice grains, ready to cook.

Examples

HSK 2

东北大米很有名。

Dōngběi dàmǐ hěn yǒumíng.

Northeastern rice is very famous.

HSK 2

请买五斤大米回来。

Qǐng mǎi wǔ jīn dàmǐ huílái.

Please buy five jin of rice.

HSK 5

由于天气原因，今年大米的价格上涨了不少。

Yóuyú tiānqì yuányīn, jīnnián dàmǐ de jiàgé shàngzhǎng le bùshǎo.

Due to the weather, the price of rice has risen quite a bit this year.

Tips

usage

Rice vocabulary: 大米 (uncooked husked rice), 米饭 (cooked rice), 稻子 (rice plant/paddy), 糯米 (glutinous rice). When shopping, you buy 大米; when eating, you eat 米饭.

Stroke Order

大 dà

米 mǐ

大米

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