Definition

1. Noun:
   • Unpolished rice / Brown rice: Rice that has been hulled to remove the outer husk but retains the bran layer and germ. It is not milled or polished to become white rice, giving it a brownish color, a chewier texture, and a higher nutritional value.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gạo lức có nhiều chất xơ hơn gạo trắng. (Brown rice has more fiber than white rice.)
  • Cô ấy thường nấu cơm gạo lức để ăn kiêng. (She usually cooks brown rice for her diet.)
  • Nhiều người chuyển sang dùng gạo lức vì lợi ích sức khỏe. (Many people switch to brown rice for its health benefits.)

Advanced Usage

• "cơm gạo lức": brown rice (cooked).

  • Bữa trưa của tôi là cơm gạo lức với rau củ. (My lunch is brown rice with vegetables.)

• "gạo lức đỏ": red cargo rice / red brown rice.

  • Gạo lức đỏ có màu sắc đặc trưng và giàu chất chống oxy hóa. (Red brown rice has a distinctive color and is rich in antioxidants.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gạo xát dối (n): lightly milled rice; rice that is partially polished, somewhere between brown and white rice.

  • Gạo xát dối vẫn giữ được một phần cám. (Lightly milled rice still retains some bran.)

• Gạo lứt (n): This is a common alternative spelling for "gạo lức" in modern Vietnamese, with the same meaning.

  • Gạo lứt và gạo lức là một. (Gạo lứt and gạo lức are the same.)

Synonyms

• Brown rice: The most common equivalent term in English.
• Unmilled rice: Rice that has not undergone the milling process to remove the bran.
• Whole grain rice: Emphasizes that the entire grain kernel is consumed.

Related Terms

• Cám gạo (n): rice bran, the nutritious outer layer removed to produce white rice.

  • Cám gạo là phần bổ dưỡng nhất của hạt gạo. (Rice bran is the most nutritious part of the rice grain.)

• Gạo trắng / gạo xát trắng (n): white rice / polished rice.

  • Gạo trắng là gạo lức đã được xát bỏ lớp cám. (White rice is brown rice that has had its bran layer polished off.)