粞 (xī) - Ground rice & rice flour

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粞 · xī

Ground rice;

rice flour;

broken rice grains.

Ground ricerice flourbroken rice grains.

Usage highlights

Rice flourFine rice powderMixed grain flourCoarse rice gritsRice bran

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Rice flour is used in many desserts (米粞).
  • The mill produces fine rice powder (精粞).
  • They sell various types of ground grains (杂粞).

Collocations

  • Rice flour(米粞)
  • Fine rice powder(精粞)
  • Mixed grain flour(杂粞)
  • Coarse rice grits(粗粞)
  • Rice bran(米糠粞)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Historically refers to processed rice products, especially broken grains or flour used in cooking and food preparation.
  • Associated with traditional food processing methods where rice was manually or mechanically ground.

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