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HSK
(cooked) rice
HSK 1
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  *飯* | 飯* | *飯
cooked rice / CL: / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee
HSK 1
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  *酒* | 酒* | *酒
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: , , , ,
HSK 2
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  *米* | 米* | *米
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
HSK 2
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  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
(husked) rice
HSK 6
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  *淘* | 淘* | *淘
to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities) / to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste) / (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods) / (dialect) naughty; mischievous
HSK 7-9
rice straw
HSK 7-9
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  *篩* | 篩* | *篩
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
HSK 7-9
rice / paddy / CL:
HSK 7-9
seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:
HSK 7-9
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
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  *糔* | 糔* | *糔
to wash (rice etc)
fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex
glutinous rice cake / CL: 塊|块
refined grain (rice, wheat etc)
Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009
glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)
inner container (e.g. the rice pot inside a rice cooker, the vacuum bottle inside a thermos, the tank inside a hot water heater, the bladder of a football)
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  *糜* | 糜* | *糜
rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money)
(polished) rice
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)
to tiller; to produce secondary shoots (in cereal crops) / tiller; secondary shoot emerging from the base of a plant (e.g. rice, wheat)
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  *粿* | 粿* | *粿
rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
polished glutinous rice
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  *粽* | 粽* | *粽
rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan
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")
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  *籹* | 籹* | *籹
cakes of rice-flour and honey
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
rice cooker
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  *稻* | 稻* | *稻
paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
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  *燴* | 燴* | *燴
to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
fried sticky rice
bamboo basket for rice-washing
brewer's yeast / yeast for fermenting rice wine
rice-flour noodles
(Tw) electric rice cooker
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  *丼* | 丼* | *丼
(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
(transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls; mochi
grain crops other than rice and wheat
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
(Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc) / Taiwan pr. [rou4 sao4]
sweet fermented rice / glutinous rice wine
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
grain (of rice) / granule
to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water
chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米)
rice and noodles / rice flour / rice-flour noodles
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
rice (crop)
rice cracker
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
puffed rice / popcorn
unhusked rice / paddy
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  *簞* | 簞* | *簞
round basket for cooked rice
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
paddy field / rice paddy
rice with meat and vegetables
edible stem of Manchurian wild rice , aka water bamboo
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)
instant results / lit. blow the husk and see the rice
(Tw) wagui, a sticky rice pudding, usu. savory (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [uánn-kué])
rice weevil / (fig.) sponger / parasite
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
rice paddle
to fill a bowl with rice
Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009
to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product
lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities
rice cultivation
rice with meat and vegetables
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
Taiwan round-grained glutinous rice (Japonica rice)
rice milling machine
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet
old rice (typically stored for over a year)
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
(coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
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  *餸* | 餸* | *餸
dish of food, usu. to be eaten with rice (Cantonese)
lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities
grain of rice / granule
plain rice congee
husk (of rice etc); chaff
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
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  *粄* | 粄* | *粄
(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)

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