西米 (xī mǐ) — sago

Definition

noun
sago
Measure word · 颗

Examples

  • 西米。
    Wǒ xǐ huan hē xī mǐ zuò de tián pǐn.
    I like drinking desserts made with sago.
  • 西米。
    Zhè dào xī mǐ yē nǎi gēng wèi dào hěn xiāng.
    This sago coconut milk pudding tastes very fragrant.
  • 西米。
    Chāo shì lǐ néng mǎi dào dài zhuāng de xī mǐ.
    You can buy bagged sago at the supermarket.

Origin

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.

西xīWestern
米mǐgrain

西 points to foreign or Western, and 米 denotes grain, so 西米 names sago.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 西 →

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.

Open 米 →

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