surname Mi

measure word HSK 3.0 · Band 3

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Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 米饭mǐfàn(cooked) riceB1
  • 大米dàmǐ(husked) riceB5
  • 厘米límǐcentimeterB5
  • 玉米yùmǐcornB5
  • 毫米háomǐmillimeterB6
  • 平方米píngfāngmǐsquare meterB6
  • 立方米lìfāngmǐcubic meter (m³)B7

See it in sentences

妈妈买了五斤米。

Mom bought five jin of rice.

我早上吃了两碗米饭。

I ate two bowls of rice this morning.