Meaning
(measure word) meter; rice
Chinese: 大米；也作长度单位。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “mi” becomes a different word in each tone. 米 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
- 玉米yù mǐcorn; maize
- 毫米háo mǐmillimeter
- 厘米lí mǐcentimeter
- 大米dà mǐ(husked) rice
Example Sentence
这条路大约有五百米长。Zhè tiáo lù dà yuē yǒu wǔ bǎi mǐ cháng.This road is about five hundred meters long.
这Zhèthis条tiáostrip路lùroad (CL:条)大约dà yuēapproximately有yǒuto have五wǔfive百米bǎi mǐhectometer长chánglong。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of grains of rice: dots scattered on either side of a dividing cross, like rice separated from the husk. It means ‘rice / grain’.
A way to remember it
Grains scattered around a cross — rice.