稀饭 (xīfàn): rice porridge

Measure Word

一碗稀饭 wǎn

Zǎoshang wǒ xǐhuān hē yì wǎn xīfàn pèi xiáncài.

In the morning I like to have a bowl of congee with pickled vegetables.

Shēngbìng de shíhou māma huì gěi wǒ zhǔ xīfàn.

When I'm sick, mom cooks congee for me.

Zhè jiā diàn de pídàn xīfàn hěn yǒumíng.

This restaurant's century egg congee is famous.

usage

稀饭 and 粥 are largely interchangeable; 稀饭 is more colloquial and slightly more common in the north, 粥 is standard nationwide.

稀 xī

饭 fàn