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紫米粥

zǐmǐzhōu
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一碗紫米粥 wǎn

Meanings

  1. 1 purple rice porridge

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 主食 Staple

A porridge of purple glutinous rice, often cooked with other grains, beans or red dates and usually sweetened. Thick, slightly sticky and purple-red; often eaten at breakfast.

Examples

HSK 4
早上在食堂，我一般喝一碗紫米粥，再吃个鸡蛋。
Zǎoshang zài shítáng, wǒ yìbān hē yì wǎn zǐmǐzhōu, zài chī ge jīdàn.
In the morning at the canteen, I usually have a bowl of purple rice porridge and an egg.
HSK 6
紫米粥是紫色的，喝起来有点儿甜。
Zǐmǐzhōu shì zǐsè de, hē qǐlai yǒudiǎnr tián.
Purple rice porridge is purple and tastes a little sweet.

Tips

culture
紫米 is a glutinous rice, so it cooks up sticky. It looks much like 黑米, black rice, which is not sticky.

Stroke Order

紫 zǐ
米 mǐ
粥 zhōu