Popcorn in Chinese (Mandarin): 爆米花 (bàomǐhuā)
爆米花
bàomǐhuā
popcorn
- Simplified
- 爆米花
- Traditional
- 爆米花
- Pinyin
- bàomǐhuā
- Typed as
- baomihua
Use it in a sentence
看电影要吃爆米花。
看電影要吃爆米花。
We eat popcorn when we watch a movie.
The characters in 爆米花
爆
To burst, to pop. 火 (fire) is on the left.
19 strokes
米
Rice, grain.
6 strokes
花
Flower.
7 strokes
爆米花 is "popped rice flowers": each kernel bursts open like a little flower.
More examples with 爆米花
爆米花很香。
Bàomǐhuā hěn xiāng.
Popcorn smells good.
我们一起吃爆米花。
我們一起吃爆米花。
Wǒmen yìqǐ chī bàomǐhuā.
We eat popcorn together.
How to write 爆米花 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
爆 19 strokes
米 6 strokes
花 7 strokes
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