厘
米

Centimeter in Chinese: 厘米 (lí mǐ)

lí mǐ

centimeter

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 釐米1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1centimeter

Stroke order

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厘
米

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧˊ

lí

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄧˇ

mǐ

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

厘米

Simplified

釐米

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我的哥哥比我大两岁，但他却比我矮三厘米。

    wǒ de gē ge bǐ wǒ dà liǎng suì， dàn tā què bǐ wǒ ǎi sān lí mǐ。

    My brother is two years older than I, but he is three centimeters shorter.

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Related words

米

mǐ

rice

米饭

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

玉米

yù mǐ

corn

毫米

háo mǐ

millimeter

大米

dà mǐ

(husked) rice

平方米

píng fāng mǐ

square meter

立方米

lì fāng mǐ

cubic meter (unit of volume)

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