meter in Chinese

How to write 米

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米 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

米 in a sentence

• 这zhè座zuò楼lóu有yǒu一yī百bǎi米mǐ高gāo。

  This building is one hundred meters tall.

• 他tā跑pǎo了le一yī千qiān米mǐ。

  He ran a thousand meters.

• 这zhè条tiáo绳shéng子zi长zhǎng两liǎng米mǐ。

  This rope is two meters long.

米 vs 米饭 vs 厘米

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 米饭 mǐ fàn cooked rice

  Same character 米 — its native meaning is 'uncooked rice' (米饭 is cooked rice); 'meter' is a sound loan. Both coexist.

• 厘米 lí mǐ centimeter

  Compound 'centimeter' — literally 'li-meter'. 毫米 'millimeter' works the same way.