米 (mǐ) — meter; uncooked rice.
Real origin: Rice grains scattered around the cross of a sieve.
Example sentences with 米:
- 我去买米。 — Wǒ qù mǎi mǐ. — I'm going to buy rice.
- 学校离我家只有五百米。 — Xué xiào lí wǒ jiā zhǐ yǒu wǔ bǎi mǐ. — The school is only five hundred meters from my home.
- 家里的米吃完了，明天得去超市买。 — Jiā lǐ de mǐ chī wán le, míng tiān děi qù chāo shì mǎi. — We've run out of rice at home, so we have to buy some at the supermarket tomorrow.
- 为了身体健康，我每天早上跑三千米。 — Wèi le shēn tǐ jiàn kāng, wǒ měi tiān zǎo shang pǎo sān qiān mǐ. — To stay healthy, I run three thousand meters every morning.
- 这种米煮出来的饭又香又软，很受欢迎。 — Zhè zhǒng mǐ zhǔ chū lái de fàn yòu xiāng yòu ruǎn, hěn shòu huān yíng. — This kind of rice cooks up soft and fragrant, so it's very popular.
- 这座大桥全长两千多米，是当地最重要的交通要道之一。 — Zhè zuò dà qiáo quán cháng liǎng qiān duō mǐ, shì dāng dì zuì zhòng yào de jiāo tōng yào dào zhī yī. — This bridge is over two thousand meters long and is one of the most important routes in the area.
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