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米

mǐ

HSK 3 Character

What 米 means

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

Other readings

米 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mǐsurname Mi

Example sentences

• 吃米饭。
  Eat rice.
• 莎米来了。
  Sami appeared.
• 萨米靠近。
  Sami was getting closer.
• 我住在米兰。
  Wǒ zhù zài Mǐlán.
  I live in Milan.
• 萨米会没事的
  Sà mǐ huì méishì de
  Sami is going to be alright.
• 鸟喜欢大米。
  Niǎo xǐhuan dàmǐ.
  The bird likes rice.

Words starting with 米

• 米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
• 米兰Mǐ lánMilano; Milan (Italy)
• 米粉mǐ fěnrice flour; rice-flour noodles; (net slang) Xiaomi fan
• 米线mǐ xiànrice-flour noodles
• 米老鼠Mǐ Lǎo shǔMickey Mouse
• 米奇Mǐ qíMickey or Mitch (name)
• 米粒mǐ lìgrain of rice; granule
• 米歇尔Mǐ xiē ěrMichel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and…
• 米酒mǐ jiǔrice wine
• 米色mǐ sèbeige
• 米汤mǐ tāngwater in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
• 米罗Mǐ luóJoan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish surrealist painter
• 米制mǐ zhìmetric system
• 米国Mǐ guóUnited States; name of a country that formerly existed near Samarkand
• 米拉Mǐ lāMira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
• 米果mǐ guǒrice cracker
• 米格Mǐ géMiG; Russian Aircraft Corporation; Mikoyan
• 米欧mǐ ōumu (Greek letter Μμ)
• 米突mǐ tūmeter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
• 米高Mǐ gāo(Hong Kong) (name) Michael
• 米面mǐ miànrice and noodles; rice flour; rice-flour noodles
• 米东区Mǐ dōng QūMidong, a district of Ürümqi City 乌鲁木齐市
• 米该亚Mǐ gāi yàMicah
• 米诺安Mǐ nuò ānMinoan (civilization on Crete)

Words containing 米

• 厘米lí mǐcentimeter
• 玉米yù mǐcorn; maize
• 毫米háo mǐmillimeter
• 平方米píng fāng mǐsquare meter
• 平米píng mǐsquare meter (abbr. for 平方米
• 大米dà mǐ(husked) rice
• 小米xiǎo mǐmillet
• 千米qiān mǐkilometer
• 糯米nuò mǐglutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)
• 立方米lì fāng mǐcubic meter (m³)
• 纳米nà mǐnanometer
• 花生米huā shēng mǐshelled peanuts
• 虾米xiā mǐsmall shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Taiwan; colloquial) what…
• 爆米花bào mǐ huāpuffed rice; popcorn
• 柴米油盐chái mǐ yóu yán(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
• 玉米面yù mǐ miàncornmeal; maize flour
• 苞米bāo mǐ(dialect) corn; maize
• 克什米尔Kè shí mǐ ěrKashmir
• 榻榻米tà tà mǐtatami (loanword from Japanese)
• 炒米chǎo mǐfried rice; millet stir-fried in butter
• 稻米dào mǐrice (crop)
• 淘米táo mǐto rinse rice
• 白米bái mǐ(polished) rice
• 白米饭bái mǐ fàncooked white rice

Characters built on 木

These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 植zhíto plant
• 李lǐplum
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 椅yǐchair

Characters that look like 米

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 术shùmethod; technique
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 宋Sòngsurname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋

Sounds the same

Read mǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 靡extravagant; go with fashion; not
• 弭to stop; repress
• 芈to bleat (of a sheep)
• 敉peaceful
• 濔many; numerous
• 洣Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江
• 灖(used to describe flowing water)
• 脒amidine (chemistry)
• 銤formerly used for the chemical elements americium 镅