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 16518 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
See all 136 compounds (CantoDict reports 137 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 米

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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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 米
Unicode code for this character: U+7c73 (off-site link)

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