glutinous rice; sticky rice
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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glutinous rice; sticky rice; sweet rice
Also known as 江米 (jiāngmǐ). It is characteristically sticky when cooked and is widely used in Chinese desserts (such as tangyuan and zongzi) and for brewing rice wine.
Tāng汤
yuán圆
shì是
yòng用
nuò糯
mǐ米
fěn粉
zuò做
de的
。
Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour.
Duān端
wǔ午
jié节
yào要
chī吃
zòng粽
zi子
，
zòng粽
zi子
shì是
yòng用
nuò糯
mǐ米
bāo包
de的
。
During the Dragon Boat Festival we eat zongzi, which are wrapped with glutinous rice.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
mǐ米
jiǔ酒
shì是
yòng用
nuò糯
mǐ米
niàng酿
zhì制
de的
。
This type of rice wine is brewed from glutinous rice.
Qǐng请
gěi给
wǒ我
chēng称
liǎng两
jīn斤
nuò糯
mǐ米
。
Please weigh me two jin of glutinous rice.