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"old rice" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
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)
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
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
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
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)
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
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
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
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice syn
稗 粺 bài polished rice / old variant of 稗[bai4] syn
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
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
爆米花 bào mǐ huā puffed rice / popcorn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn
米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice syn
粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule
稻草 dào cǎo rice straw
大米 dà mǐ (husked) rice syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
清酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine) syn
稻田 dào tián paddy field / rice paddy
炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex
年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
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
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age 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
糯米 nuò mǐ glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) syn
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
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
白米 bái mǐ (polished) rice 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
稻穗 dào suì rice ear
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn
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")
秧苗 yāng miáo seedling / (esp.) rice seedling syn
圆子 圓子 yuán zi kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
米线 米線 mǐ xiàn rice-flour noodles
水田 shuǐ tián paddy field / rice paddy syn
柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn
淘米 táo mǐ to rinse rice
茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn
八宝粥 八寶粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
禾苗 hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1]
糯米粉 nuò mǐ fěn glutinous rice flour
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
腊八粥 臘八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
糍粑 cí bā ciba, glutinous rice cake
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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