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米饭

mǐ fàn

HSK 1 · word 239 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

我在吃米饭。

wǒ zài chī mǐ fàn

I am eating rice.

Characters in 米饭

米 uncooked rice plus 饭 cooked food. The distinction matters: 米 is the grain, 饭 is what is on the plate, and 饭 alone means a meal.

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