米 (mai5 | mi3) : uncooked rice

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米

mai5

mi3

[1] uncooked/hulled/husked rice
[2] shelled/husked seed
[3] grain-like things
[4] metre (unit of length) | variant: 公尺

(Classifier(s): [1] 粒 (grain))

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 米 (#119)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

米

This word has been viewed 13392 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Aug 2009 02:40

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米色 mai5 sik1 = beige; cream-coloured

千米 cin1 mai5 qian1 mi3 = kilometre, 1000m

大米 daai6 mai5 da4 mi3 = (husked) rice

洗米 sai2 mai5 xi3 mi3 = to wash uncooked rice; a loser

米田共 mai5 tin4 gung6 = euphemism for poo, excrement or dung

白米 baak6 mai5 bai2 mi3 = white rice

米粥 mai5 zuk1 mi3 zhou1 = congee; rice gruel; porridge

米妮 mai5 nei4 mi3 ni1 = Minnie

糯米 no6 mai5 nuo4 mi3 = glutinous rice

粟米 suk1 mai5 su4 mi3 = corn; maize 粵

米粉 mai5 fan2 mi3 fen3 = rice noodles

糯米屎窟 no6 mai5 si2 fat1 = a guest who overstays 粵

蝦米 haa1 mai5 = dried shrimp

西米 sai1 mai5 = sago; tapioca

玉米 juk6/6*1 mai5 yu4 mi3 = maize; corn

小米 siu2 mai5 xiao3 mi3 = millet

多米尼加共和國 do1 mai5 nei4 gaa1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 duo1 mi3 ni2 jia1 gong4 he2 guo2 = Dominican Republic (common formation)

厘米 lei4 mai5 li2 mi3 = centimeter

薏米 ji3 mai5 yi4 mi3 = Job's tear grains

玉米片 juk6 mai5 pin3*2 yu4 mi3 pian4 = corn flakes

粟米片 suk1 mai5 pin3*2 su4 mi3 pian4 = corn flakes 粵

毫米 hou4 mai5 hao2 mi3 = millimeter

平方千米 ping4 fong1 cin1 mai5 ping2 fang1 qian1 mi3 = square kilometre

平方米 ping4 fong1 mai5 ping2 fang1 mi3 = square metre

米尺 mai1 cek3 = metre rule

米酒 mai5 zau2 = rice spirit

星洲炒米 sing1 zau1 caau2 mai5 = fried vermicelli Singapore style

榻榻米 taap3 taap3 mai5 ta4 ta4 mi3 = straw mat, tatami

炒米 caau2 mai5 = fried rice vermicelli

米仔蘭 mai5 zai2 laan4 = Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata) 粵

米飯 mai5 faan6 mi3 fan4 = boiled rice

粟米羹 suk1 mai5 gang1 = corn soup 粵

西米露 sai1 mai5 lou6 = dessert of sago and coconuts milk

淘米 tou4 mai5 tao2 mi3 = to wash and clean rice before cooking

糴米 dek6 mai5 = to buy rice

阿米巴 aa3 mei5 baa1 = amoeba

亞米巴 aa3 mei5 baa1 ya3 mi3 ba1 (Taiwan), ya4 mi3 ba1 (PRC) = amoeba

西米布甸 sai1 mai5 bou3 din1 = custard pudding with sago

香米 hoeng1 mai5 xiang1 mi3 = fragrant rice

糙米 cou3 mai5 cao1 mi3 = brown rice

爆米花 baau3 mai5 faa1 bao4 mi3 hua1 = popcorn; puffed rice

星洲米粉 sing1 zau1 mai5 fan2 xing1 zhou1 mi3 fen3 = Singapore Rice Noodles

立方厘米 laap6 /lap6 fong1 lei4 mai5 li4 fang1 li2 mi3 = cubic centimetre (centimeter)

立方毫米 laap6 /lap6 fong1 hou4 mai5 li4 fang1 hao2 mi3 = cubic millimetre (millimeter)

立方米 laap6 /lap6 fong1 mai5 li4 fang1 mi3 = cubic metre (meter)

過橋米線 gwo3 kiu4 mai5 sin3 = a type of Yunnanese noodle

輪米 leon4 mai5 = getting in line for or queuing for rice handouts

派米 paai3 mai5 = giving out free rice

阿米巴痢疾 aa3 mei5 baa1 lei6 zat6 a1 mi3 ba1 li4 ji5 = amoebic dysentery

米線 mai5 sin3 = rice noodles

紅米 hung4 mai5 hong2 mi3 = red rice

紫米 zi2 mai5 = purple rice

黑米粥 hak1 mai5 zuk1 hei1 mi3 zhou1 = dessert made with purple rice

黑糯米 hak1 no6 mai5 hei1 nuo4 mi3 = black sticky rice

泰國米 taai3 gwok3 mai5 = Thai rice

米缸 mai5 gong1 mi3 gang1 = rice vat

憂柴憂米 jau1 caai4 jau1 mai5 = living from hand to mouth

納米技術 naap6 mai5 gei6 seot6 na4 mi3 ji4 shu4 = nanotechnology

煲冇米粥 bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1 = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing 粵

煲無米粥 bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1 bao1 wu2 mi3 zhou1 = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing

得米 dak1 mai5 = go smoothly; come off; do fine; succeed 粵

倒米 dou2 mai5 = to ruin a business (lit., "throw away rice")

乞米 hat1 mai5 = to beg for food

有米 jau5 mai5 = rich (lit., "having rice")

嫌米貴 jim4 mai5 gwai3 = dead (an attempt to be funny as it says the person dislikes expensive rice)

蝦米腸 haa1 mai5 coeng4*2 = dried shrimp rolls

倒米壽星 dou2 mai5 sau6 sing1 = a disservice-doer 粵

米高風 mai5*1 gou1 fung1 = microphone (a variant of 咪高峰)

攣弓蝦米 lyun1 gung1 haa1 mai5 = being curvy, not straight (lit., "small curvy dried shrimp") 粵

米飯班主 mai5 faan6 baan1 zyu2 = patron; supporter 粵

一樣米養百樣人 jat1 joeng6 mai5 joeng5 baak3 joeng6 jan4 yi1 yang4 mi3 yang3 bai3 yang4 ren2 = there are different kinds of people in the world

米路 mai5 lou6 = the way of making a living 粵

搵米路 wan2 mai5 lou6 = to earn a living 粵

斷米路 tyun5 mai5 lou6 = to ruin one's career 粵

篩米 sai1 mai5 = to sift rice

不為五斗米折腰 bat1 wai6 ng5 dau2 mai5 zit3 jiu1 = cannot force someone to do something because of money

米蘭花 mai5 laan4 faa1 = Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata)

問米 man6 mai5 wen4 mi3 = using rice for talking with the spirits

問米婆 man6 mai5 po4 wen4 mi3 po2 = clairvoyante

輪大米 leon4 daai6 mai5 = gang rape 粵

沙拉米 saa1 laai1 mai5 sha1 la1 mi3 = salami (as a loanword)

見身郁唔見米白 gin3 san1 juk1 m4 gin3 mai5 baak6 = pretending to be hard at work that yields no good result 粵

小茴米 siu3 wui4 mai5 xiao3 hui2 mi3 = caraway seed

人無生活計，枉食人間米 jan4 mou4 sang1 wut6 gai3, wong2 sik6 jan4 gaan1 mai5 ren2 wu2 sheng1 huo2 ji4, wang3 shi2 ren2 jian1 mi3 = if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing 粵

米已成炊 mai5 ji5 sing4 ceoi1 mi3 yi3 cheng2 chui1 = what's done can't be undone

紅麴米 hung4 kuk1 mai5 hong2 qu2 mi3 = red yeast rice

肥仔米 fei4 zai2 mai5 = japonica rice 粵

米王 mai5 wong4 mi3 wang2 = (Caa Caan Teng slang) plain congee 粵

粟米油 suk1 mai5 jau4 = corn oil

食飽冇憂米 sik6 baau2 mou5 jau1 mai5 shi2 bao3 mao3 you1 mi3 = be oblivious to the hardships of life; no nothing about the difficulties of life 粵

生米都煮成熟飯 saang1 mai5 dou1 zyu2 seng4 suk6 faan6 sheng1 mi3 dou1 zhu3 cheng2 shu2 [PRC]/ shou2 [TW] fan4 = what\\\'s done is done; things are irreversible

糯米飯 no6 mai5 faan6 nuo4 mi3 fan4 = glutinous rice; sticky rice

米暹 mai5 cim3 mi3 xian1 = mee siam

玄米茶 jyun4 mai5 caa4 xuan2 mi3 cha2 = Genmaicha, brown rice tea

稻米 dou6 mai5 dao4 mi3 = rice (crop)

酒米 zau2 mai5 jiu3 mi3 = acne, pimples 粵

雞頭米 gai1 tau4 mai5 ji1 tou2 mi3 = Gorgon fruit

唔食廣東米 m4 sik6 gwong 2 dung1 mai5 wu2 shi2 guang3 dong1 mi3 = to pass way (to no longer eat Cantonese rice) 粵

舂米公 zung1 mai5 gung1 chong1 mi3 gong1 = ensign wasp 粵

糯米糍 no6 mai5 ci4 nuo4 mi3 ci2 = glutinous rice ball

蛀米大蟲 zyu3 mai5 daai6 cung4 zhu4 mi3 da4 chong2 = a good-for-nothing person who only knows how to eat 粵

偷雞唔到蝕拃米 tau1 gai1 m4 dou3*2 sit6 zaa6*1 mai5 = go for wool and come home shorn 粵

黏米 nim1 mai5 nian2 mi3 = glutinous rice

食鹽多過你食米 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5 = to be more experienced 粵

糯米雞 no6 mai5 gai1 nuo4 mi3 ji1 = glutinous rice chicken

納米比亞 naap6 mai5 bei2 aa3 na4 mi3 bi3 ya3 (Taiwan), na4 mi3 bi3 ya4 (PRC) = Namibia

多米尼克 do1 mai5 nei4 hak1 duo1 mi3 ni2 ke4 = Dominica

克什米爾 hak1 sap6 mai5 ji5 ke4 shi2 mi3 er3 = Kashmir

米格 mai5 gaak3 = MiG

米奇 mai5 kei4 = Mickey Mouse

米奇老鼠 mai5 kei4 lou5 syu2 mi3 qi2 lao3 shu3 = Mickey Mouse

微米 mei4 mai5 wei1 mi3 = micron

亞爾發和奧米加 aa3 ji5 faat3 wo4 ou3 mai5 gaa3 ya3 er3 fa1 he2 ao4 mi3 jia1 = Alpha and Omega

埃米爾 aai1 mai5 ji5 ai1 mi3 er3 = emir

尼希米記 nei4 hei1 mai5 gei3 ni2 xi1 mi3 ji4 = Book of Nehemiah

阿米巴的 aa3 mai5 baa1 dik1 a1 mi4 ba1 de5 = [adj] amoebic 國

米蘭 mai5 laan4 = Milan, Milano

納米 naap6 mai5 na4 mi3 = nano-, nanometer

大雞唔食細米 daai6 gai1 m4 sik6 sai3 mai5 = eagles catch no flies 粵

米字旗 mai5 zi6 kei4 mi3 zi4 qi2 = the union jack

石罅米 sek6 laa3 mai5 = one who is willing to spend money only on hookers 粵

粘米 zim1/nim1 mai5 zhan1/nian2 mi3 = long-grain rice

米蘇里 mai5 sou1 lei5 mi3 su1 li3 = Missouri

碳納米管 taan3 naap6 mai5 gun2 tan4 na4 mi3 guan1 = carbon nanotube

米雪 mai5 syut3 mi3 xue3 = Michelle Yim

米老鼠 mai5 lou5 syu2 mi3 lao3 shu3 = Mickey Mouse

米高積遜 mai5 gou1 zik1 seon3 mi3 gao1 ji1 xun4 = Michael Jackson

克里米亞自治共和國 hak1 lei5 mai5 aa3 zi6 zi6 gung6 wo4 gwok3 ke4 li3 mi3 ya4 zi4 zhi4 gong4 he2 guo2 = Autonomous Republic of Crimea

克里米亞 hak1 lei5 mai5 aa3 ke4 li3 mi3 ya4 = Crimea

食飽無憂米 sik6 baau2 mou4 jau1 mai5 = lead a worry-free life 粵

玉米粉 juk6 mai5 fan2 yu4 mi3 fen3 = cornstarch; corn starch 國

食塞米 sik6 sak1 mai5 = have no talent; useless 粵

納米樓 naap6 mai5 lau4*2 na4 mi3 lou2 = mini-flat 粵

米杜士堡 mai5 dou6 si6 bou2 mi3 du4 shi4 bao3 = Middlesbrough, England, UK

米德爾斯堡 mai5 dak1 ji5 si1 bou2 = Middlesbrough, England, UK

黑糯米粥 hak1 no6 mai5 zuk1 hei1 nuo4 mi3 zhou1 = dessert made with purple rice

傑米 git6 mai5 jie2 mi3 = Jamie; Jim

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屋企重有幾多米呀？粵
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

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