高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 精致 精緻 jīng zhì delicate / fine / exquisite / refined syn 精密 jīng mì accuracy / exact / precise / refined 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 文雅 wén yǎ elegant / refined syn 斯文 sī wén refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle syn 雅丽 雅麗 yǎ lì elegant / refined beauty 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 彬彬有礼 彬彬有禮 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ refined and courteous / urbane syn 典雅 diǎn yǎ refined / elegant 雅致 yǎ zhì elegant / refined / in good taste syn 白糖 bái táng (refined) white sugar 温文尔雅 溫文爾雅 wēn wén ěr yǎ cultured and refined (idiom) / gentle and cultivated syn 雅兴 雅興 yǎ xìng refined and elegant attitude of mind 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 精制 精製 jīng zhì refined syn 干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 儒雅 rú yǎ scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous syn 精工 jīng gōng refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship) 文质彬彬 文質彬彬 wén zhì bīn bīn refined in manner / gentle syn 脱俗 脫俗 tuō sú free from vulgarity / refined / outstanding syn 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 雅人 yǎ rén poetic individual / person of refined temperament 娴静 嫻靜 xián jìng gentle and refined 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 雅号 雅號 yǎ hào refined appelation / (humor) sb's elegant monicker / (hon.) your esteemed name syn 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 酒酿 酒釀 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine syn 成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil 清雅 qīng yǎ refined / elegant syn 精深 jīng shēn refined / profound 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 彬彬 bīn bīn refined, gentle, and elegant syn 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 精矿 精礦 jīng kuàng refined ore / concentrate 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 雅趣 yǎ qù elegant / refined / delicate and charming 生米 shēng mǐ coarse rice / uncooked rice 俊雅 jùn yǎ (literary) elegant / graceful / refined syn 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 娴雅 嫻雅 xián yǎ refined / graceful / elegant / serene 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 文气 文氣 wén qì the impact of a piece of writing on the reader / gentle / refined 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn 娴 嫻 xián elegant / refined / to be skilled at syn 骥 驥 jì thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous syn 糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice 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 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 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 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 米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) 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 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 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 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 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 