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by fenprace 409 days ago
Mandarin speaker here. Literally, Yes. Xiaomi means 'little rice'. But in reality when people say xiaomi, they always refer to another kind of crop, foxtail millet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtail_millet). It is a traditional food and still very common in China and other place in Asia.