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米mǐ
rice
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 米 | mǐ |
| 1. hulled or husked uncooked rice | |
| 2. husked seed | |
| 3. grain-like things | |
| 4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli | |
| 星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles | |
| 雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C | |
| 5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money | |
| 有 米 - jau5 mai5 - rich, C | |
| 背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH - | |
| 6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand | |
| 7. metre | |
| 米 三 (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres | |
| 我 有 一 米 九 高。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall. | |
| English > Chinese | |
| rice | |
| 1. 米 | |
Pronunciation
mǐ
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