Rice in Chinese (Mandarin): 米饭 (mǐfàn)
米饭
mǐfàn
rice
- Simplified
- 米饭
- Traditional
- 米飯
- Pinyin
- mǐfàn
- Typed as
- mifan
Use it in a sentence
我吃米饭。
我吃米飯。
I eat rice.
The characters in 米饭
米
Rice grains, before cooking.
6 strokes
饭 / 飯
Cooked rice, or a meal. 饣 on the left means food.
7 strokes
饭 also means a meal: 吃饭 (chī fàn), "eat rice", means to have a meal.
More examples with 米饭
米饭很香。
米飯很香。
Mǐfàn hěn xiāng.
The rice smells good.
我要一碗米饭。
我要一碗米飯。
Wǒ yào yì wǎn mǐfàn.
I want a bowl of rice.
How to write 米饭 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
米 6 strokes
饭 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
飯 12 strokes
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