香米 (hoeng1 mai5) — fragrant rice — a fragrant, long-grain… in Cantonese

hoengˉ¹香maiˏ₅米

Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 mi3

Meaning of 香米

nounfragrant rice — a fragrant, long-grain variety of rice; favoured by many high-end Chinese eating establishments

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想maaiˏ₅買hoengˉ¹香mai5.米。

I want to buy fragrant rice.

bouˉ¹煲zaiˊ²仔faanˍ₆飯jungˍ₆用hoengˉ¹香mai5.米。

Claypot rice uses fragrant rice.

niˉ¹呢hapˍ₆盒haiˍ₆係hoengˉ¹香mai5.米。

This box is fragrant rice.

hoengˉ¹香maiˏ₅米faanˍ₆飯houˊ²好hoeng1.香。

The fragrant rice smells good.

niˉ¹呢go˗₃個paaiˎ₄牌ziˊ²子hoengˉ¹香mai5.米。

This brand of fragrant rice.

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