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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 米

大米
dà mǐ

(husked) rice

平方米
píng fāng mǐ

square meter

毫米
háo mǐ

millimeter

玉米
yù mǐ

corn

立方米
lì fāng mǐ

cubic meter (unit of volume)

米饭
mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

厘米
lí mǐ

centimeter

五斗米道
wǔ dǒu mǐ dào

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)

亚尔发和奥米加
yà ěr fā hé ào mǐ jiā

Alpha and Omega

亚米拿达
yà mǐ ná dá

Amminadab (son of Ram)

他他米
tā tā mǐ

see 榻榻米[tà tà mǐ]

俾格米
bǐ gé mǐ

Pygmy

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)

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]

杰米
jié mǐ

(name) Jamie; Jim

杰里米
jié lǐ mǐ

Jeremy (name)

克什米尔
kè shí mǐ ěr

Kashmir

克里米亚
kè lǐ mǐ yà

Crimea

凌杂米盐
líng zá mǐ yán

disordered and fragmentary

分米
fēn mǐ

decimeter

包米
bāo mǐ

(dialect) corn

千米
qiān mǐ

kilometer

卜卜米
bo bo mǐ

Rice Krispies

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)

可可米
kě kě mǐ

Cocoa Krispies

吉米
jí mǐ

Jimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name)

吞米桑布札
tūn mǐ sāng bù zhá

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

吹糠见米
chuī kāng jiàn mǐ

instant results

哈米吉多顿
hā mǐ jí duō dùn

Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)

哈米尔卡
hā mǐ ěr kǎ

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

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\)

国际米兰
guó jì mǐ lán

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

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

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

国际米兰队
guó jì mǐ lán duì

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)

地塞米松
dì sāi mǐ sōng

dexamethasone

埃德·米利班德
āi dé · mǐ lì bān dé

Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

埃米尔
āi mǐ ěr

Emir (Muslim ruler)

堤拉米苏
dī lā mǐ sū

tiramisu (loanword)

多米尼克
duō mǐ ní kè

Dominica

多米尼加
duō mǐ ní jiā

Dominica

多米尼加共和国
duō mǐ ní jiā gòng hé guó

Dominican Republic

多米尼加联邦
duō mǐ ní jiā lián bāng

the Commonwealth of Dominica

多米诺
duō mǐ nuò

domino (loanword)

多米诺骨牌
duō mǐ nuò gǔ pái

dominoes

大卫·米利班德
dà wèi · mǐ lì bān dé

David Miliband (1965-), UK politician

奈米
nài mǐ

nano- (prefix meaning \nanoscale\)

奥米伽
ào mǐ gā

omega (Greek letter Ωω)

奥米可戎
ào mǐ kě róng

omicron (Greek letter Οο)

小米
xiǎo mǐ

Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010

小米椒
xiǎo mǐ jiāo

same as 朝天椒[cháo tiān jiāo]

小虾米
xiǎo xiā mi

shrimp

尼希米记
ní xī mǐ jì

Book of Nehemiah

尼米兹
ní mǐ zī

Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral

尼米兹号
ní mǐ zī hào

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

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.

巴控克什米尔
bā kòng kè shí mǐ ěr

Pakistan administered Kashmir

帕米尔
pà mǐ ěr

Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan

帕米尔山脉
pà mǐ ěr shān mài

the Pamir mountains

帕米尔高原
pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán

Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan

平方千米
píng fāng qiān mǐ

square kilometer

平米
píng mǐ

square meter

几米
jī mǐ

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

弗拉基米尔
fú lā jī mǐ ěr

Vladimir

微米
wēi mǐ

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

恩里科·费米
ēn lǐ kē · fèi mǐ

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

拉米夫定
lā mǐ fū dìng

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

拿俄米
ná é mǐ

Naomi (name)

提拉米苏
tí lā mǐ sū

tiramisu (loanword)

撒西米
sā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

日本米酒
rì běn mǐ jiǔ

Japanese rice wine

普米族
pǔ mǐ zú

Pumi ethnic group

普罗米修斯
pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt

柴米油盐酱醋茶
chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá

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

榻榻米
tà tà mǐ

tatami (loanword from Japanese)

欧米伽
ōu mǐ gā

omega (Greek letter Ωω)

欧米茄表公司
ōu mǐ jiā biǎo gōng sī

Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker

毫微米
háo wēi mǐ

millimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter

毫米水银柱
háo mǐ shuǐ yín zhù

millibar (unit of pressure)

毫米汞柱
háo mǐ gǒng zhù

millimeter of mercury

毫米波
háo mǐ bō

millimeter wave (radio signal)

江米
jiāng mǐ

polished glutinous rice

江米酒
jiāng mǐ jiǔ

glutinous rice wine

沙西米
shā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

波希米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

波西米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

泰米尔
tài mǐ ěr

Tamil

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

泰米尔猛虎组织
tài mǐ ěr měng hǔ zǔ zhī

Tamil Tigers

泰米尔纳德
tài mǐ ěr nà dé

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

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]

泰米尔语
tài mǐ ěr yǔ

Tamil language

海米
hǎi mǐ

dried shrimps

淘米
táo mǐ

to rinse rice

灌米汤
guàn mǐ tāng

to flatter

炒米
chǎo mǐ

fried rice

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)

爆玉米花
bào yù mǐ huā

to make popcorn

爆米花
bào mǐ huā

puffed rice

牛米
niú mǐ

newton meter (Nm)

牛顿米
niú dùn mǐ

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

玄米茶
xuán mǐ chá

genmaicha

玉米棒
yù mǐ bàng

corn cob

玉米淀粉
yù mǐ diàn fěn

corn starch

玉米片
yù mǐ piàn

cornflakes

玉米笋
yù mǐ sǔn

baby corn

玉米粉
yù mǐ fěn

cornflour

玉米糕
yù mǐ gāo

corn cake

玉米糖浆
yù mǐ táng jiāng

corn syrup

玉米糁
yù mǐ sǎn

corn grits

玉米花
yù mǐ huā

popcorn

玉米赤霉烯酮
yù mǐ chì méi xī tóng

zearalenone

玉米饼
yù mǐ bǐng

corn cake

玉米面
yù mǐ miàn

cornmeal; maize flour

生米
shēng mǐ

coarse rice

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

生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn

the rice is cooked

生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn

It's too late to change anything now.

白米
bái mǐ

(polished) rice

百米赛跑
bǎi mǐ sài pǎo

100-meter dash

碾米机
niǎn mǐ jī

rice milling machine

秫米
shú mǐ

broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.)

稻米
dào mǐ

rice (crop)

立方厘米
lì fāng lí mǐ

cubic centimeter

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)

米仓
mǐ cāng

rice granary

米兔
mǐ tù

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

米其林
mǐ qí lín

Michelin (tire company)

米凯拉
mǐ kǎi lā

Michaela (name)

米利班德
mǐ lì bān dé

Milliband (name)

米制
mǐ zhì

metric system

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)

米国
mǐ guó

United States

米夫
mǐ fū

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

米奇
mǐ qí

Mickey or Mitch (name)

米奇老鼠
mǐ qí lǎo shǔ

Mickey Mouse

米姆
mǐ mǔ

meme (loanword)

米字旗
mǐ zì qí

Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)

米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī

lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)

米底亚
mǐ dǐ yà

Media (ancient Middle east region)

米德尔伯里
mǐ dé ěr bó lǐ

Middlebury (College)

米拉
mǐ lā

Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)

米易
mǐ yì

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

米易县
mǐ yì xiàn

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

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

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

米果
mǐ guǒ

rice cracker

米格
mǐ gé

MiG

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]

米歇尔
mǐ xiē ěr

Michel or Mitchell (name)

米欧
mǐ ōu

mu (Greek letter Μμ)

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

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

米浆
mǐ jiāng

rice milk

米尔斯
mǐ ěr sī

Mills (name)

米尔顿
mǐ ěr dùn

Milton (name)

米特·罗姆尼
mǐ tè · luó mǔ ní

Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012

米白色
mǐ bái sè

off-white; creamy white

米粉
mǐ fěn

rice flour

米粉肉
mǐ fěn ròu

rice flour meat

米粒
mǐ lì

grain of rice

米粒组织
mǐ lì zǔ zhī

granulation

米粥
mǐ zhōu

congee

米糠
mǐ kāng

bran

米纳尔迪
mǐ nà ěr dí

Minardi, Formula 1 racing team

米线
mǐ xiàn

rice-flour noodles

米罗
mǐ luó

Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish surrealist painter

米老鼠
mǐ lǎo shǔ

Mickey Mouse

米脂
mǐ zhī

Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

米脂县
mǐ zhī xiàn

Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

米芾
mǐ fú

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

米兰
mǐ lán

Milano

米虫
mǐ chóng

rice weevil

米袋子
mǐ dài zi

(fig.) supply of grain to the public

米该亚
mǐ gāi yà

Micah

米诺安
mǐ nuò ān

Minoan (civilization on Crete)

米开朗基罗
mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó

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

米高
mǐ gāo

Michael (name)

米高扬
mǐ gāo yáng

Mikoyan (name)

米面
mǐ miàn

rice and noodles

米黄
mǐ huáng

beige

籼米
xiān mǐ

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

粟米
sù mǐ

corn

粳米
jīng mǐ

polished round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice)

精米
jīng mǐ

refined rice

糙米
cāo mǐ

brown rice

糯米
nuò mǐ

glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)

糯米粉
nuò mǐ fěn

glutinous rice flour

糯米糍
nuò mǐ cí

rice cake dumpling

糯米糕
nuò mǐ gāo

glutinous rice cake

糯米纸
nuò mǐ zhǐ

rice paper

糯米臀
nuò mǐ tún

lazy bones (dialect)

纳米
nà mǐ

nanometer

纳米技术
nà mǐ jì shù

nanotechnology

纳米比亚
nà mǐ bǐ yà

Namibia

美索不达米亚
měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà

Mesopotamia

老玉米
lǎo yù mi

(dialect) corn

耶利米
yē lì mǐ

Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)

耶利米哀歌
yē lì mǐ āi gē

the Lamentations of Jeremiah

耶利米书
yē lì mǐ shū

Book of Jeremiah