rice; metre (clf.)
HSK 3
Traditional
米 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
眯 mī - get into one's eyes (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
我喜欢吃米饭。 Wǒ xǐhuān chī mǐfàn. - I like to eat rice.
这袋米很重。 Zhè dài mǐ hěn zhòng. - This bag of rice is very heavy.
米是中国人的主食之一。 Mǐ shì zhōngguó rén de zhǔshí zhī yī. - Rice is one of the staple foods of Chinese people.
我家的米用完了，我去买些。 Wǒ jiā de mǐ yòng wánle, wǒ qù mǎi xiē. - We ran out of rice at home, I'll go buy some.
这家餐厅的米饭很好吃。 Zhè jiā cāntīng de mǐfàn hěn hǎochī. - The rice at this restaurant is delicious.
Phrases
米饭 mǐ fàn - rice [cooked; boiled] (n.) | HSK 1
厘米 lí mǐ - centimetre (clf.) | HSK 5
玉米 yù mǐ - maize; corn (n.) | HSK 5
毫米 háo mǐ - millimetre (clf.) | HSK 6