米 mǐ▶ meter; rice

Example sentences

• 我们家每天吃米饭。Wǒmen jiā měitiān chī mǐfàn.Our family eats rice every day.
• 这条路有五百米长。Zhè tiáo lù yǒu wǔ bǎi mǐ cháng.This road is five hundred metres long.

HSK 3HSK 3.0 · Level 2

HSK 3 — the intermediate threshold: 300 new words, 600 in all. You can communicate in daily life, study and travel in China. In HSK 3.0, 米 is in band 2. HSK 3 explained

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中米means rice. Here is how you might use it.

中我们家每天吃米饭。

Our family eats rice every day. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

米 is written in 6 strokes.

• 米

Senses

1. uncooked rice
2. meter (unit of length)
3. (slang) Chinese yuan

Related words

• 厘米centimeter
• 玉米Corn
• 米饭rice
• 毫米millimeter

米 is pronounced mǐ and means “meter; rice”.