Phrase guide

fried rice

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of very many forms of rice that are first cooked by boiling and then stir-fried with other ingredients

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese fried rice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 炒飯 /炒饭 (chǎofàn, literally “fried rice”).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տապակած բրինձ (tapakac brinj) — form of rice
  • Basque: arroz frijitu — form of rice
  • Central Bikol: sinanlag — form of rice
  • Burmese: ထမင်းကြော် (hta.mang:krau) — form of rice
  • Catalan: arròs fregit — form of rice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 炒飯 /炒饭 (caau2 faan6) — form of rice
  • Chinese: 炒飯 /炒饭 (zh-min-nan) — form of rice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 炒飯 /炒饭 (chǎofàn) — form of rice
  • Czech: smažená rýže — form of rice
  • Dutch: gebakken rijst — form of rice
  • Dutch: nasi — form of rice
  • Finnish: paistettu riisi — form of rice
  • French: riz cantonais — form of rice
  • Galician: arroz fritido — form of rice
  • German: gebratener Reis — form of rice
  • Hawaiian: laiki palai — form of rice
  • Hungarian: sült rizs — form of rice
  • Indonesian: nasi goreng — form of rice
  • Irish: rís ubhfhriochta — form of rice
  • Italian: riso fritto — form of rice
  • Japanese: チャーハン (chāhan) — form of rice
  • Japanese: 炒飯 (chāhan) — form of rice
  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦒꦒꦺꦴꦫꦺꦁ (segagoréng) — form of rice
  • Kapampangan: single — form of rice
  • Khmer: បាយឆា (baay chaa) — form of rice
  • Korean: 볶음밥 (bokkeumbap) — form of rice
  • Korean: 기름밥 (gireumbap) — form of rice
  • Lao: ເຂົ້າຜັດ (khao phat) — form of rice
  • Macanese: arôz chauchau — form of rice
  • Malay: nasi goreng — form of rice
  • Portuguese: arroz frito — form of rice
  • Russian: жа́реный рис (žárenyj ris) — form of rice
  • Spanish: arroz frito — form of rice
  • Spanish: chaufa — form of rice
  • Spanish: arroz chaufa — form of rice
  • Swedish: stekt ris — form of rice
  • Tagalog: sinangag — form of rice
  • Telugu: వేపుడుబియ్యము (vēpuḍubiyyamu) — form of rice
  • Thai: ข้าวผัด (kâao-pàt) — form of rice
  • Ukrainian: сма́жений рис (smáženyj rys) — form of rice
  • Vietnamese: cơm chiên — form of rice
  • Vietnamese: cơm rang — form of rice
  • Welsh: reis wedi'i ffrio — form of rice