Meaning of 米饭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (cooked) rice
How to use 米饭
米饭 is the everyday word for plain cooked rice, the kind served in a bowl with dishes. You often order it in restaurants by the bowl. 我要一碗米饭。(Wǒ yào yì wǎn mǐfàn.) I want a bowl of rice.
米 (mǐ) means raw rice grains, and 饭 (fàn) means a cooked meal, with the food radical 饣 on the left. Put them together and you get rice grains turned into food: cooked rice.
Common mistake: Learners often use 米 (mǐ) alone when ordering cooked rice, but 米 usually means uncooked rice grains you buy in a bag. Also watch the tones: 米 is third tone and 饭 is fourth tone, so say mǐfàn, not mīfán.
米饭 in example sentences
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米 mǐ · uncooked rice · 6 strokes
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饭 fàn · cooked rice · 7 strokes
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Questions about 米饭
What does 米饭 mean?
米饭 (mǐfàn) means "(cooked) rice" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 米饭?
米饭 is made of 2 characters: 米 (6 strokes), 饭 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 米饭 an HSK word?
Yes. 米饭 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 米饭 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 米饭 is written 米飯.
Does 饭 by itself mean rice?
Sometimes, but 饭 usually means a meal in general, as in 吃饭 (chīfàn) to eat or 晚饭 (wǎnfàn) dinner. To be clear that you mean cooked rice specifically, say 米饭.
What measure word goes with 米饭?
Use 碗 (wǎn) for a bowl, as in 一碗米饭 (yì wǎn mǐfàn) a bowl of rice. In a restaurant you may also hear 一份米饭 (yí fèn mǐfàn) for one portion.