我要買米
ngo5 jiu3 maai5 mai5
I need to buy rice.
Uncooked ricein Cantonese.
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米
mai5
Uncooked rice
Recorded Cantonese
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When to use it
米 is uncooked rice; once cooked and served as food, Cantonese normally calls it 飯 instead.
Examples
米放喺邊？
mai5 fong3 hai2 bin1
Where is the uncooked rice kept?