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米饭 Traditional: 米飯
Pinyin mǐfàn IPA [mi˨˩˦ fan˥˩] Zhuyin ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄢˋ
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 8 freq #10194

Meaning

Cooked rice, ready to eat — as opposed to 米 (raw, uncooked rice). In everyday speech it is often shortened to 饭, which also means "a meal" more generally.

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Examples

我在吃米饭。 wǒ zài chī mǐ fàn I'm eating rice.
他们吃很多米饭。 tā men chī hěn duō mǐ fàn They eat a lot of rice.
在你们国家吃米饭吗? zài nǐ men guó jiā chī mǐ fàn ma Do you eat rice in your country?

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