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大米

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
rice; metre
trad. (大米) 大 米
simp. #(大米) 大 米

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大米

  1. husked uncooked rice
  2. (Shadi Wu) corn; maize
  3. (Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu) polished, round-grained, non-glutinous rice; grains of japonica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. japonica)

Usage notes

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For cooked rice, use 米飯/米饭 (mǐfàn). For rice paddy, use 稻子 (dàozi) or 稻穀/稻谷 (dàogǔ).

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