Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
米
mǐ
Description
“米”是中国人常吃的一种食物,也是长度的单位。
"米" is a common food eaten by Chinese people and also a unit of length.
我们用米做米饭,一米等于一百厘米。
We use 米 to make rice, and one 米 equals one hundred centimeters.
Meanings
米mǐ
rice (uncooked grain)
我买了一袋米。
I bought a bag of rice.
米mǐ
meter (unit of length)
这条路有五百米长。
This road is 500 meters long.
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Notes
- Nuance
米 is raw rice; cooked rice is 米饭 or 饭.
- Etymology
originally a pictograph of grains of rice on a stalk.
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