粑 (bā) — (bound form) cake-like food, typically made from glutinous rice or other grains
Definition
粑 is a bound morpheme used as the second half of words for cake-like foods, especially pressed rice cakes from southern China. It only appears in compounds like 糍粑 and is never used alone.
bound form
cake-like food, typically made from glutinous rice or other grains
Easily confused
- 钯bǎlook-alikepalladium (chemical element, Pd)
- 八bāsound-alikeeight
- 把bǎlook-alike(classifier) for things with handles, or for handfuls and bunches
- 巴bāsound-alike(bound form) to cling to, to long for, to wish
- 吧balook-alike(modal particle) used to indicate a suggestion, a tentative guess, or to soften a statement
- 疤bāsound-alikescar (permanent mark on skin or surface)
Examples
- 糍粑。Yún nán de cí bā hěn yǒu míng.Yunnan's glutinous rice cakes are very famous.
- 糍粑。Tā xǐ huan yòng nuò mǐ zuò cí bā.She likes to make glutinous rice cakes with sticky rice.
- 糍粑。Zhè zhǒng cí bā chī qǐ lái yòu ruǎn yòu tián.This kind of glutinous rice cake is both soft and sweet to eat.
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