玉米面 (yù mǐ miàn) — cornmeal | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cornmeal

玉米面。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng hē yì wǎn yù mǐ miàn zhōu.
I have a bowl of cornmeal porridge every morning.
玉米面。
Yòng yù mǐ miàn zuò mán tou hěn hǎo chī.
It's delicious to make steamed buns with cornmeal.
玉米面。
Zhè zhǒng yù mǐ miàn shì cóng dōng běi lái de.
This kind of cornmeal comes from the northeast.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

玉米corn

偏正Modifier + head

玉米 means corn, and 面 means flour or meal; together they name ground corn.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

玉 was drawn as a ritual jade piece, or as jade pieces strung together, and was made distinct from 王 by adding a dot.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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