Monday 5 August 2013

薏米仁 in3 bhi2 ring5, 薏米粉 in3 bhi2 hung2 潮汕方言

Corn or maize / corn flour


玉米 yu4mi3 - corn or maize - is called in3 bhi2 ring5 薏米仁  Apparently, in the dictionary, 玉米 yu4mi3 is also called 包穀 (苞谷) bao1 gog4.  The characters in parenthesis are the simplified characters.  Corn or maize can also be called in3 bhi2 ring5 薏米仁 .

in3 bhi2 dzing5 薏米仁

The measure word for in3 bhi2 ring5 薏米仁 is  liab8

Then what do we call corn on the cob? 


in3 bhi2 薏米

I would say in3 bhi2 薏米 and the measure word is diao5 條.

玉米麵 yu4mi3mian4 or 玉米粉 yu4mi3fen3 corn flour or corn starch is called bao1 gog4 hung2 包穀粉 (苞谷粉) or in3 bhi2 hung2 薏米粉

一盒薏米粉
一包薏米粉

The measure word for corn flour is 包 bao1 or 盒 ab8 depending if it is in a packet or a box. ^_~


Investigation: What does your family call corn / maize and corn flour?

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