黄米 (huángmǐ) · glutinous millet, broomcorn millet, proso millet

Meanings

1 glutinous millet
2 broomcorn millet
3 proso millet

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

The hulled grain of broomcorn millet (黍). The glutinous kind turns sticky when cooked and is ground into flour for sticky cakes. It is a different grain from 小米, foxtail millet.

Also called 大黄米

Used in 1 dish

炸糕 zhágāo

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

黄米煮熟以后很黏。

Huángmǐ zhǔshú yǐhòu hěn nián.

Glutinous millet turns very sticky when cooked.

HSK 7-9

过年的时候，奶奶用黄米做了年糕。

Guònián de shíhou, nǎinai yòng huángmǐ zuò le niángāo.

At Spring Festival, Grandma made New Year cakes from glutinous millet.

Tips

mistakes

黄米 and 小米 are both small yellow grains but come from different plants. 小米 is hulled foxtail millet, 粟; 黄米 is hulled broomcorn millet, 黍. In north China and the Northeast most 黄米 is the sticky kind, made into cakes such as 年糕.