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rice
/raɪs/
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- countability
- uncountable in this sense
1 · noun
Rice grains cooked for eating.
煮熟后供食用的大米。
This sense concerns cooked rice; 大米 names uncooked rice.
We need two bowls of rice.
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我们需要两碗米饭。
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