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米
mǐ
Main
English Definitionrice; meter (classifier); (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script米
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinmǐ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)mai5
Part of Speech(名) noun, (量) measure word
Measure Words粒
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Part of language/English loan words
Part of measurements/metric
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2,3 TOCFL=4

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Words With Same Head Word    
米饭mǐfàn(cooked) rice
米粉mǐfěnrice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan
米兰mǐlánMilano; Milan (Italy)
米粒mǐlìgrain of rice; granule
米色mǐsèwhitish cream color; beige
Words With Same Tail Word    
玉米yùmǐcorn; maize
虾米xiāmǐsmall shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什么)
平方米píngfāng mǐsquare meter
立方米lìfāng mǐcubic meter (unit of volume)
平米píngmǐsquare meter; short for 平方米
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