米 mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
米饭
mǐfàn
cooked rice
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想吃米饭。 Wǒ xiǎng chī mǐfàn. I want to eat rice.
- 米饭很好吃。 Mǐfàn hěn hǎochī. The rice is delicious.
- 妈妈做了米饭。 Māma zuòle mǐfàn. Mom made rice.
- 你要米饭还是面条儿？ Nǐ yào mǐfàn háishì miàntiáor? Would you like rice or noodles?
- 妹妹不爱吃米饭。 Mèimei bú ài chī mǐfàn. My little sister doesn't like rice.
- 中午我吃米饭。 Zhōngwǔ wǒ chī mǐfàn. At noon I eat rice.
- 米饭还热吗？ Mǐfàn hái rè ma? Is the rice still hot?
- 请给妹妹米饭。 Qǐng gěi mèimei mǐfàn. Please give my little sister some rice.
- 小王没吃米饭。 Xiǎo Wáng méi chī mǐfàn. Xiao Wang didn't eat the rice.
- 米饭里有鸡蛋。 Mǐfàn lǐ yǒu jīdàn. There's egg in the rice.