Use “rice” for 米饭 as an edible object and a valid object of eat.
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rice
米饭
Cooked rice served as food.
Standard Mapping
- Chinese
- 米饭
- Pinyin
- mǐ fàn
- Meaning
- 煮熟后食用的米饭
- Note
- Food-class physical object.
Meaning and Usage
Mapping Boundary
Correct Mapping
He eat rice → 他吃米饭。
Incorrect Mapping or Split
He drink rice → 他喝米饭。
Reason
Rice belongs to Food, not Drink.