胚芽米

pēiyámǐ

noun

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

胚芽米比白米更有营养。

Pēiyámǐ bǐ báimǐ gèng yǒu yíngyǎng.

Germ rice is more nutritious than white rice.

HSK 6

她每天都用胚芽米煮饭。

Tā měitiān dōu yòng pēiyámǐ zhǔfàn.

She cooks with germ rice every day.

Tips

memory

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

Stroke Order

胚 pēi

芽 yá

米 mǐ