糯米 (nuòmǐ) · glutinous rice; sticky rice

Meanings

1 glutinous rice; sticky rice

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Opaque, chalky-white rice that turns sticky and chewy when cooked. It is soaked for hours, then steamed for lotus-leaf sticky rice, pearl meatballs and eight-treasure rice, or ground into flour for sweet dumplings.

Also called 江米

Used in 24 dishes

大肠包小肠 dàchángbāoxiǎocháng

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

粽子是用糯米做的。

Zòngzi shì yòng nuòmǐ zuò de.

Zongzi are made of glutinous rice.

HSK 7-9

糯米很黏，吃太多不好消化。

Nuòmǐ hěn nián, chī tài duō bù hǎo xiāohuà.

Glutinous rice is very sticky, and too much of it is hard to digest.

Tips

culture

Many festival foods are made of it: 粽子 for the Dragon Boat Festival, 汤圆 for the Lantern Festival and 年糕 for the New Year. Everyday rice is 大米 when raw and 米饭 when cooked.