centimetre (clf.)
HSK 5
Traditional
釐米
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
这条鱼有五十厘米长。 zhè tiáo yú yǒu wǔshí límǐ cháng. - This fish is fifty centimeters long.
我们需要一个三十厘米的尺子。 wǒmen xūyào yīgè sānshí límǐ de chǐzi. - We need a thirty-centimeter ruler.
花盆的直径是二十厘米。 huāpén de zhíjìng shì èrshí límǐ. - The diameter of the flowerpot is twenty centimeters.
这个箱子的高度是八十厘米。 zhège xiāngzi de gāodù shì bāshí límǐ. - The height of this box is eighty centimeters.
她的头发剪短了五厘米。 tā de tóufǎ jiǎn duǎn le wǔ límǐ. - She had her hair cut by five centimeters.
Characters
米 mǐ - rice; metre | HSK 3
厘 lí - fraction, very small amounts; centi- (C.); li (units of length, weight, and area, Chinese currency, etc.) |