Definition
大米 (dà mǐ) refers to uncooked, husked rice grains — the raw ingredient you buy in bags. 米饭 (mǐ fàn) is the cooked rice you eat at a meal, while 水稻 (shuǐ dào) is the rice plant growing in the field.
noun
husked rice (uncooked rice grains)
Examples
- 大米。Wǒ mǎi le liǎng dài dà mǐ.I bought two bags of rice.
- 大米。Zhè zhǒng dà mǐ zhǔ chūlái de fàn hěn hǎochī.The rice cooked from this kind is very tasty.
- 大米，。Zhè zhǒng dà mǐ bǐ nà zhǒng guì, dàn gèng xiāng.This kind of rice is more expensive than that kind, but more fragrant.
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