Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
rice; metre
trad. (白米)
simp. #(白米)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白米

  1. white rice; polished rice
  2. (in general) husked uncooked rice

Synonyms

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  • (white rice): 精白米 (jīngbáimǐ)
  • (husked uncooked rice):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of white rice): 糙米 (cāomǐ)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
まい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はく)(まい) (hakumai

  1. polished rice

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN