Pronunciation
English Name

purple rice

Cantonese (Traditional)

黑米

Mandarin (Pinyin)

hēi mǐ


Yale Romanization

hāk máih

Character Breakdown

is black, and is rice, so 黑米 is black rice.

purple rice
About This Dish

Purple rice is also known as black rice, the color before it's cooked, and also forbidden rice or the emperor's rice, as it was legendarily reserved for the emporer.

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Yale:
hāk máih