米

The character "米" has 6 strokes. "米" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "米" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "米" are "mǐ" . View the stroke order of "米">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "米"

n.: husked/shelled seed; (hulled/husked) rice; grain-like things; metre

• metre : n.米；韵律；格律；节拍；…米比赛

Form words with "米"

粜米 sell rice

五斤米 five jin of rice

膨化米 pop rice

米贴 food allowance

米黄衣服 cream-coloured dress

籴米 buy rice

110米跨栏 110m hurdles

一袋米 a bag of rice

米花糖 candied cake of popped rice

米猪肉 pork infected/infested with cysticercus

跑500米 run five hundred metres

五斗米道 Wudoumi sect of Daoism/Taoism ［established by Zhang Daoling（张道陵）towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty，so named because this sect of Daoism/Taoism demanded five decalitres of rice ( Wudoumi ) from any one who wanted to join］

男子200米仰泳 men's 200-metre backstroke

海平面下400米 400 metres below sea level

女子200米高栏 women's 200m high hurdles

跑100米短跑 run the 100-metre dash

男子27米高台跳水 M27m High Diving

女子20米高台跳水 W20m High Diving

Example phrases using "米"

• 实验将在地下400米深处进行。

  The test will take place 400 metres below the ground.

• 飞机爬升到10,000米高度。

  The plane climbed/ascended to 10,000 metres.

• 飞机在一万三千米的高空飞行。

  The plane was flying at an altitude of 13,000 metres.

• 他今天平了400米仰泳世界纪录。

  He equalled the world record for the 400 metres backstroke today.

• 身高不满1.2米的儿童坐火车免票。

  Children under 1.2 metres tall take the train free.

• 明天进行男子200米预赛。

  The heats of the 200 metres will be run off tomorrow.

• 米没淘干净，有点儿硌牙。

  The rice wasn’t washed clean before cooking; the grits hurt my teeth.

• 他从40米高空摔下后，被立即送往医院。

  He was rushed to hospital after a 40-metre fall.

• 这种米比那种米容易熟。

  This kind of rice cooks more quickly than that one.

• 这种布面宽1.1米。

  This cloth is 1.1 metres wide.