“Rice” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “rice” is ご飯 (gohan). In Chinese it is 米饭 (mǐ fàn).
Japanese
ご飯
ごはん · gohan
私は毎日ご飯を食べます。
I eat rice every day.
Chinese (Simplified)
米饭
mǐ fàn
我每天吃米饭。
I eat rice every day.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 碗: 一碗米饭 means “one rice”.
“Rice” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ご飯 ごはん · gohan | 私は毎日ご飯を食べます。 |
| English | rice /raɪs/ | I eat rice every day. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 米饭 mǐ fàn | 我每天吃米饭。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 米飯 mǐ fàn | 我每天吃米飯。 |
| Korean | 밥 | 저는 매일 밥을 먹어요. |
| Spanish | arroz | Como arroz todos los días. |
| French | riz | Je mange du riz tous les jours. |
| German | Reis | Ich esse jeden Tag Reis. |
| Italian | riso | Mangio il riso tutti i giorni. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | arroz | Eu como arroz todos os dias. |
| Russian | рис | Я ем рис каждый день. |
| Arabic | أرز | آكل الأرز كل يوم. |
| Hindi | चावल | मैं रोज़ चावल खाता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | nasi | Saya makan nasi setiap hari. |
| Vietnamese | cơm | Tôi ăn cơm mỗi ngày. |
| Thai | ข้าว | ฉันกินข้าวทุกวัน |
| Turkish | pilav | Her gün pilav yerim. |
| Dutch | rijst | Ik eet elke dag rijst. |
| Swedish | ris | Jag äter ris varje dag. |
| Polish | ryż | Jem ryż codziennie. |
