面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 粉丝 粉絲 fěn sī bean vermicelli / mung bean starch noodles / cellophane noodles / fan / enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") syn 面条 麵條 miàn tiáo noodles 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 面板 麵板 miàn bǎn board for making noodles or kneading bread dough 拉面 拉麵 lā miàn pulled noodles / ramen syn 方便面 方便麵 fāng biàn miàn instant noodles 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 炒面 炒麵 chǎo miàn stir-fried noodles / "chow mein" 炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 面食 麵食 miàn shí food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc 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) 汤面 湯麵 tāng miàn noodles in soup syn 面汤 麵湯 miàn tāng noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth 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 凉面 涼麵 liáng miàn cold noodles 刀削面 刀削麵 dāo xiāo miàn knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 挂面 掛麵 guà miàn pasta / noodles 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 酒酿 酒釀 jiǔ niàng sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine syn 下面 下麵 xià miàn to boil noodles syn 泡面 泡麵 pāo miàn instant noodles 泡面 泡麵 pào miàn instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software 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 米线 米線 mǐ xiàn rice-flour noodles 光面 光麵 guāng miàn plain noodles in broth 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 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack 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 河粉 hé fěn rice noodles in wide strips 河 hé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3] syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 坨 tuó mound / heap / lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3zi5] etc) to stick together / to form a clump syn 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment syn 糯 nuò glutinous rice / sticky rice syn 速食面 速食麵 sù shí miàn instant noodles 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 寿面 壽麵 shòu miàn birthday noodles (for longevity) 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 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 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 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 稻壳 稻殼 dào ké rice husk 酒 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1] syn 米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn 