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# congee

«congee» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick, soft rice porridge made by cooking rice in lots…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (congee; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A thick, soft rice porridge made by cooking rice in lots of water for a long time, eaten across China and East and South-East Asia, often for breakfast or when someone is ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In food and culture lessons about China and Asia, congee is a common breakfast, sometimes with fish, pork, egg, ginger or spring onion on top, or plain for an upset tummy. In Chinese it is called «zhou» or «jook». Phrases: «a bowl of congee», «chicken congee», «plain congee».

### examples

- Grandma made me a bowl of congee when I had a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x1)
- In Hong Kong, many people eat congee for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x2)
- We topped the congee with spring onions and soy sauce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x3)
- Congee is rice cooked with lots of water until it is very soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x4)
- My friend's family eats congee with pickles and a salted egg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x5)
- The café sells chicken and ginger congee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/#x6)

### note

Said «KON-jee». Usually uncountable (some congee), but «a bowl of congee». It is a word English borrowed from Tamil in India. Do not confuse with «conjee» (the same word, older spelling) or with «congeal» (to turn thick as it cools).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «congee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.