glutinous rice; sticky rice
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
glutinous rice; sticky rice
Common in northern Chinese dialects; in southern China, 糯米 is more commonly used.
Mā妈
ma妈
yòng用
jiāng江
mǐ米
bāo包
le了
zòng粽
zi子
。
Mom made zongzi with glutinous rice.
Jiāng江
mǐ米
bǐ比
dà大
mǐ米
gèng更
nián黏
。
Glutinous rice is stickier than regular rice.
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Wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
chī吃
jiāng江
mǐ米
zuò做
de的
nián年
gāo糕
。
I like eating rice cakes made from glutinous rice.
Chāo超
shì市
lǐ里
yǒu有
mài卖
jiāng江
mǐ米
jiǔ酒
。
The supermarket sells rice wine made from glutinous rice.