饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan syn 赖斯 賴斯 lài sī Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 酒酿 酒釀 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine syn 粳米 jīng mǐ polished round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 饭团 飯糰 fàn tuán rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) syn 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 籼稻 xiān dào long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice) 米面 米麵 mǐ miàn rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles syn 粳稻 jīng dào round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 籼米 xiān mǐ long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米[jing1 mi3]) syn 生米 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy 糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 八宝饭 八寶飯 bā bǎo fàn Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year 糯稻 nuò dào glutinous rice / sticky rice 粳 jīng round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice) / Taiwan pr. [geng1] 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 粞 xī ground rice / thresh rice syn 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 黑色 hēi sè black 爆米花 bào mǐ huā puffed rice / popcorn 饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice syn 粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 黑市 hēi shì black market 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black syn 稻草 dào cǎo rice straw 大米 dà mǐ (husked) rice syn 乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 清酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine) syn 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 红茶 紅茶 hóng chá black tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 稻田 dào tián paddy field / rice paddy 黑熊 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) syn 炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex 穷凶极恶 窮兇極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted syn 年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 黑匣子 hēi xiá zi (airplane) black box syn 米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 黑海 hēi hǎi Black Sea 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 莨菪 làng dàng black henbane 石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago 粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled syn 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 青鱼 青魚 qīng yú black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) / herring / mackerel syn 增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 糯米 nuò mǐ glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) syn 黑色素 hēi sè sù black pigment / melanin 草果 cǎo guǒ black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry syn 单色 單色 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white 稻谷 稻穀 dào gǔ unhusked rice / paddy syn 五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 糙米 cāo mǐ brown rice syn 插秧 chā yāng to transplant rice seedlings 水稻 shuǐ dào rice / paddy / CL:株[zhu1] syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 银狐 銀狐 yín hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐 syn 白米 bái mǐ (polished) rice syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 黄酒 黃酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) syn 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 电饭煲 電飯煲 diàn fàn bāo rice cooker 黑沉沉 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black syn 稻穗 dào suì rice ear 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn 乌鸡 烏雞 wū jī black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson 电饭锅 電飯鍋 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 