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Definitions

  1. 1. rice
  2. 2. meter (classifier)

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 米

西米
xī mǐ

sago

弗拉基米尔
fú lā jī mǐ ěr

Vladimir

生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn

the rice is cooked

毫米波
háo mǐ bō

millimeter wave (radio signal)

欧米伽
ōu mǐ gā

omega (Greek letter Ωω)

西米露
xī mǐ lù

tapioca pudding

米白色
mǐ bái sè

off-white; creamy white

欧米茄表公司
ōu mǐ jiā biǎo gōng sī

Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker

多米尼加
duō mǐ ní jiā

Dominica

克里米亚
kè lǐ mǐ yà

Crimea

米利班德
mǐ lì bān dé

Milliband (name)

米特·罗姆尼
mǐ tè · luó mǔ ní

Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012

他他米
tā tā mǐ

see 榻榻米[tà tà mǐ]

米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫
mǐ hā yī ěr · pǔ luó huò luó fū

Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)

米袋子
mǐ dài zi

(fig.) supply of grain to the public

老玉米
lǎo yù mi

(dialect) corn

米制
mǐ zhì

metric system

多米尼加联邦
duō mǐ ní jiā lián bāng

the Commonwealth of Dominica

生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn

It's too late to change anything now.

提拉米苏
tí lā mǐ sū

tiramisu (loanword)

淘米
táo mǐ

to rinse rice

分米
fēn mǐ

decimeter

兰坪白族普米族自治县
lán píng bái zú pǔ mǐ zú zì zhì xiàn

Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[nù jiāng lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu] in northwest Yunnan

米泉市
mǐ quán shì

Miquan, county-level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[chāng jí huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

艾尔米塔奇
ài ěr mǐ tǎ jī

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

尼希米记
ní xī mǐ jì

Book of Nehemiah

大卫·米利班德
dà wèi · mǐ lì bān dé

David Miliband (1965-), UK politician

纳米技术
nà mǐ jì shù

nanotechnology

吉米
jí mǐ

Jimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name)

玉米片
yù mǐ piàn

cornflakes

米粥
mǐ zhōu

congee

江米酒
jiāng mǐ jiǔ

glutinous rice wine

美索不达米亚
měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà

Mesopotamia

耶利米
yē lì mǐ

Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)

米仓
mǐ cāng

rice granary

泰米尔纳德
tài mǐ ěr nà dé

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

毫微米
háo wēi mǐ

millimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter

鸡头米
jī tóu mǐ

Gorgon fruit

奥米伽
ào mǐ gā

omega (Greek letter Ωω)

泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织
tài mǐ ěr yī lā mǔ měng hǔ jiě fàng zǔ zhī

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

毫米
háo mǐ

millimeter

千米
qiān mǐ

kilometer

杰米
jié mǐ

(name) Jamie; Jim

米线
mǐ xiàn

rice-flour noodles

尼米兹号
ní mǐ zī hào

Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975

糯米粉
nuò mǐ fěn

glutinous rice flour

玉米花
yù mǐ huā

popcorn

玄米茶
xuán mǐ chá

genmaicha

贝拉米
bèi lā mǐ

Bellamy

恩里科·费米
ēn lǐ kē · fèi mǐ

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist

白米
bái mǐ

(polished) rice

巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

耶利米哀歌
yē lì mǐ āi gē

the Lamentations of Jeremiah

奥米可戎
ào mǐ kě róng

omicron (Greek letter Οο)

柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt

为五斗米折腰
wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)

米尔斯
mǐ ěr sī

Mills (name)

稻米
dào mǐ

rice (crop)

艾尔米塔什
ài ěr mǐ tǎ shí

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

可可米
kě kě mǐ

Cocoa Krispies

平方米
píng fāng mǐ

square meter

米老鼠
mǐ lǎo shǔ

Mickey Mouse

多米尼加共和国
duō mǐ ní jiā gòng hé guó

Dominican Republic

费米
fèi mǐ

Fermi (name)

米底亚
mǐ dǐ yà

Media (ancient Middle east region)

高果糖玉米糖浆
gāo guǒ táng yù mǐ táng jiāng

high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

米浆
mǐ jiāng

rice milk

玉米笋
yù mǐ sǔn

baby corn

米兰
mǐ lán

Milano

偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

多米诺
duō mǐ nuò

domino (loanword)

立方米
lì fāng mǐ

cubic meter (unit of volume)

粟米
sù mǐ

corn

巴控克什米尔
bā kòng kè shí mǐ ěr

Pakistan administered Kashmir

帕米尔高原
pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán

Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan

米粉
mǐ fěn

rice flour

阿米巴
ā mǐ bā

amoeba (loanword)

鲁米诺
lǔ mǐ nuò

luminol (chemistry) (loanword)

米黄
mǐ huáng

beige

立方厘米
lì fāng lí mǐ

cubic centimeter

生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn

lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed

泰米尔猛虎组织
tài mǐ ěr měng hǔ zǔ zhī

Tamil Tigers

小米
xiǎo mǐ

Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010

拉米夫定
lā mǐ fū dìng

brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

米兔
mǐ tù

(Internet slang) (loanword) #MeToo (movement against sexual harassment and assault)

多米诺骨牌
duō mǐ nuò gǔ pái

dominoes

米纳尔迪
mǐ nà ěr dí

Minardi, Formula 1 racing team

萨米人
sà mǐ rén

the Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia

亚米拿达
yà mǐ ná dá

Amminadab (son of Ram)

小虾米
xiǎo xiā mi

shrimp

米脂县
mǐ zhī xiàn

Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

国际米兰
guó jì mǐ lán

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

鸡米花
jī mǐ huā

chicken nuggets

薏米
yì mǐ

grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yì yǐ]

牛米
niú mǐ

newton meter (Nm)

米高
mǐ gāo

Michael (name)

克什米尔
kè shí mǐ ěr

Kashmir

秫米
shú mǐ

broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.)

米芾
mǐ fú

Mi Fu (1051-1107), Song poet and calligrapher

米格
mǐ gé

MiG

玉米糁
yù mǐ sǎn

corn grits

地塞米松
dì sāi mǐ sōng

dexamethasone

米高扬
mǐ gāo yáng

Mikoyan (name)

米粉肉
mǐ fěn ròu

rice flour meat

五斗米道
wǔ dǒu mǐ dào

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)

开司米
kāi sī mǐ

cashmere (loanword)

米拉
mǐ lā

Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)

阿拉米语
ā lā mǐ yǔ

Aramaic (language)

米诺安
mǐ nuò ān

Minoan (civilization on Crete)

米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉
mǐ gé ěr · dé · sāi wàn tí sī · sà wéi dé lā

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[táng jí hē dé]

玉米粉
yù mǐ fěn

cornflour

阿米巴原虫
ā mǐ bā yuán chóng

amoeba

平方千米
píng fāng qiān mǐ

square kilometer

米林县
mǐ lín xiàn

Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

玉米饼
yù mǐ bǐng

corn cake

玉米糕
yù mǐ gāo

corn cake

玉米淀粉
yù mǐ diàn fěn

corn starch

糯米臀
nuò mǐ tún

lazy bones (dialect)

开士米
kāi shì mǐ

cashmere (loanword)

亚尔发和奥米加
yà ěr fā hé ào mǐ jiā

Alpha and Omega

麦克米兰
mài kè mǐ lán

McMillan or MacMillan (name)

米果
mǐ guǒ

rice cracker

国际米兰足球俱乐部
guó jì mǐ lán zú qiú jù lè bù

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

胚芽米
pēi yá mǐ

semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)

筒子米糕
tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo

rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)

爆玉米花
bào yù mǐ huā

to make popcorn

华米科技
huá mǐ kē jì

Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013

海米
hǎi mǐ

dried shrimps

米泉
mǐ quán

Miquan, county-level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[chāng jí huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

萨拉米
sà lā mǐ

salami (loanword)

耶利米书
yē lì mǐ shū

Book of Jeremiah

爆米花
bào mǐ huā

puffed rice

米夫
mǐ fū

Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges

泰米尔纳德邦
tài mǐ ěr nà dé bāng

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

毫米水银柱
háo mǐ shuǐ yín zhù

millibar (unit of pressure)

玉米棒
yù mǐ bàng

corn cob

波希米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

米该亚
mǐ gāi yà

Micah

米歇尔
mǐ xiē ěr

Michel or Mitchell (name)

糯米糍
nuò mǐ cí

rice cake dumpling

国际米兰队
guó jì mǐ lán duì

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

米欧
mǐ ōu

mu (Greek letter Μμ)

玉米面
yù mǐ miàn

cornmeal; maize flour

日本米酒
rì běn mǐ jiǔ

Japanese rice wine

炒米
chǎo mǐ

fried rice

蓬莱米
péng lái mǐ

Taiwan round-grained glutinous rice (Japonica rice)

糙米
cāo mǐ

brown rice

吞米桑布札
tūn mǐ sāng bù zhá

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

糯米
nuò mǐ

glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)

碾米机
niǎn mǐ jī

rice milling machine

帕米尔
pà mǐ ěr

Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan

厘米
lí mǐ

centimeter

黏米
nián mǐ

sticky rice

精米
jīng mǐ

refined rice

阿米纳达布
ā mǐ nà dá bù

Amminadab (name)

米奇老鼠
mǐ qí lǎo shǔ

Mickey Mouse

奈米
nài mǐ

nano- (prefix meaning \nanoscale\)

撒西米
sā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

花生米
huā shēng mǐ

shelled peanuts

埃德·米利班德
āi dé · mǐ lì bān dé

Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

籼米
xiān mǐ

long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米[jīng mǐ])

尼米兹
ní mǐ zī

Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral

俾格米
bǐ gé mǐ

Pygmy

米糠
mǐ kāng

bran

玉米赤霉烯酮
yù mǐ chì méi xī tóng

zearalenone

埃米尔
āi mǐ ěr

Emir (Muslim ruler)

米罗
mǐ luó

Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish surrealist painter

米国
mǐ guó

United States

米饭
mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

过桥米线
guò qiáo mǐ xiàn

rice noodle soup from Yunnan province

米面
mǐ miàn

rice and noodles

百米赛跑
bǎi mǐ sài pǎo

100-meter dash

杰里米
jié lǐ mǐ

Jeremy (name)

马克西米连
mǎ kè xī mǐ lián

Maximilian or Maximilien (name)

堤拉米苏
dī lā mǐ sū

tiramisu (loanword)

卡西米尔效应
kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng

Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)

生米
shēng mǐ

coarse rice

讨米
tǎo mǐ

to beg for food

哈米吉多顿
hā mǐ jí duō dùn

Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)

帕米尔山脉
pà mǐ ěr shān mài

the Pamir mountains

米粒组织
mǐ lì zǔ zhī

granulation

米虫
mǐ chóng

rice weevil

闪米特
shǎn mǐ tè

Semitic

凌杂米盐
líng zá mǐ yán

disordered and fragmentary

米奇
mǐ qí

Mickey or Mitch (name)

纳米
nà mǐ

nanometer

玉米糖浆
yù mǐ táng jiāng

corn syrup

西米德兰兹郡
xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

米其林
mǐ qí lín

Michelin (tire company)

越光米
yuè guāng mǐ

Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)

几米
jī mǐ

Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬[liào fú bīn], Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer

米德尔伯里
mǐ dé ěr bó lǐ

Middlebury (College)

毫米汞柱
háo mǐ gǒng zhù

millimeter of mercury

玉米
yù mǐ

corn

米易县
mǐ yì xiàn

Miyi county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan

糯米糕
nuò mǐ gāo

glutinous rice cake

泰米尔语
tài mǐ ěr yǔ

Tamil language

阿米巴病
ā mǐ bā bìng

amebiasis

普罗米修斯
pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

普米族
pǔ mǐ zú

Pumi ethnic group

西米德兰兹
xī mǐ dé lán zī

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

哈米尔卡
hā mǐ ěr kǎ

Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general

粳米
jīng mǐ

polished round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice)

大米
dà mǐ

(husked) rice

榻榻米
tà tà mǐ

tatami (loanword from Japanese)

微米
wēi mǐ

micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter)

米粒
mǐ lì

grain of rice

米易
mǐ yì

Miyi county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan

江米
jiāng mǐ

polished glutinous rice

灌米汤
guàn mǐ tāng

to flatter

米尔顿
mǐ ěr dùn

Milton (name)

牛顿米
niú dùn mǐ

newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m)

米脂
mǐ zhī

Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

柴米油盐酱醋茶
chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea

泰米尔
tài mǐ ěr

Tamil

鱼米之乡
yú mǐ zhī xiāng

(lit.) land of fish and rice

多米尼克
duō mǐ ní kè

Dominica

卜卜米
bo bo mǐ

Rice Krispies

偷鸡不着蚀把米
tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ]

米开朗基罗
mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor

吹糠见米
chuī kāng jiàn mǐ

instant results

米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī

lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)

米姆
mǐ mǔ

meme (loanword)

米凯拉
mǐ kǎi lā

Michaela (name)

阿基米德
ā jī mǐ dé

Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)

呒虾米
wú xiā mǐ

Boshiamy, input method editor for Chinese (from Taiwanese 無啥物, Tai-lo pr. [bô-siánn-mih] \it's nothing\)

苡米
yǐ mǐ

grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yì yǐ]

拿俄米
ná é mǐ

Naomi (name)

阿米巴痢疾
ā mǐ bā lì ji

amebic dysentery

米林
mǐ lín

Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

沙西米
shā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

波西米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

小米椒
xiǎo mǐ jiāo

same as 朝天椒[cháo tiān jiāo]

糯米纸
nuò mǐ zhǐ

rice paper

米字旗
mǐ zì qí

Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)

虾米
xiā mǐ

small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps

纳米比亚
nà mǐ bǐ yà

Namibia

包米
bāo mǐ

(dialect) corn

陈米
chén mǐ

rice kept for many years

费米子
fèi mǐ zǐ

(physics) fermion

平米
píng mǐ

square meter