DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
米
Characters in this entry
- 米
- mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
3 · mi3
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
1character link17same-tone records
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mai1 · mai5
Cantonese word readings for 米. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- hulled or husked uncooked rice (Classifier: 粒 m c mn; 顆／颗 m)
- husked seed
- grain-like things
- (chiefly Cantonese) short for 米粉 (mǐfěn, “rice vermicelli”)
- (Cantonese, Shanghainese, slang; also Douyin algospeak) money
- (Shanghainese, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand (Classifier: 粒 w)
- (Douyin algospeak) yuan (unit of CNY)
- a surname
- Used in transcription.
character · Etymology 2
- metre
character · Etymology 3
- only used in 米魯／米鲁
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack