米

• 拼音: mǐ
• 汉字拆解: 米 = pictograph of grains of rice on a stalk; borrowed phonetically for 'metre'

含义

Metre (unit of length); also means rice or uncooked grain.

As a measure word, 米 is the standard unit for length in China (the metric system). As a noun, it refers to uncooked rice or grain. Context usually makes the meaning clear. In length measurement, also appears in 厘米 (centimetre), 千米 (kilometre).

例句

1. 这条河有五十米宽。
2. 他的身高是一米八。
3. 我家离学校大约三百米。

用法指南

语境: measurement, everyday, food

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这个房间有二十平方米。(This room is twenty square metres.)
• 请给我两斤米。(Please give me two jin of rice.)

错误说法

• 不要说'一个米' (Don't use 个 with 米 as a measurement — just say 一米; 米 itself functions as the measure word for length)

起源与历史

Originally a pictograph of grains of rice on a stalk. The meaning of 'metre' was borrowed as a phonetic translation of the French word 'mètre' during the adoption of the metric system.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal