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rice
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Translations for rice and their definitions

     1. hulled or husked uncooked rice
     2. husked seed
     3. grain-like things
     4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli
           星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles
           雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C
     5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money
           有 米 - jau5 mai5 - rich, C
           背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH -
     6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand
     7. metre
           米 三 (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres
           我 有 一 米 九 高。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall.


     1. paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)


稻子
     1. n. rice (as a crop)
     2. n. unhulled rice
     3. usage. For uncooked rice, use 米飯.


     1. (neologism, slang) fans


     1. Simplified form of 飯


米飯
     1. n. cooked rice
     2. usage. For uncooked rice, use 稻穀.


米饭
     1. Simplified form of 米飯


白飯
     1. n. plain cooked rice


白饭
     1. Simplified form of 白飯


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