() — (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
(bound form) cake-like foodtypically made from glutinous rice or other grains

Examples

  • Yún nán de cí bā hěn yǒu míng.
    Yunnan's glutinous rice cakes are very famous.
  • Tā xǐ huan yòng nuò mǐ zuò cí bā.
    She likes to make glutinous rice cakes with sticky rice.
  • 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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