米 (mai5) — shelled/husked seed in Cantonese
maiˏ₅米Mandarin Pinyin: mi3
Meaning of 米
nounshelled/husked seed
noungrain-like things
nounmetre (unit of length) | variant: 公尺
noununcooked/hulled/husked rice
Example Sentences with 米
屋企重有幾多米呀？
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)
jyuˎ₄如gwoˊ²果aa˗₃阿mingˎ₄明zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係jatˉ¹一go˗₃個sikˉ¹識feiˉ¹飛ge˗₃嘅ciuˉ¹超janˎ₄人zauˍ₆就houˊ²好laaˉ¹喇⋯⋯gamˊ²噉keoiˏ₅佢zauˍ₆就mˎ₄唔wuiˊ²會haiˊ²喺tiuˎ₄條gaaiˉ¹街douˍ₆度caaiˊ²踩zoˊ²咗diˉ¹啲maiˏ₅米tinˎ₄田gungˍ₆共faanˉ¹返laiˎ₄嚟ukˉ¹屋keiˊ²企，zungˍ₆重jiu˗₃要jan˗₃印dou˗₃到sengˎ₄成tiuˎ₄條zauˊ²走longˊ²廊ge˗₃嘅deiˍ₆地baanˊ²板douˉ¹都haiˍ₆係！maat˗₃抹seiˊ²死人咩⋯⋯
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話heoi˗₃去man˗₃問maiˏ₅米poˎ₄婆
She said she's going to a spirit medium.
aa˗₃阿maaˉ¹媽seon˗₃信man˗₃問maiˏ₅米poˎ₄婆
Mom believes the spirit medium.
man˗₃問maiˏ₅米poˎ₄婆houˊ²好zeonˊ²準
The spirit medium is very accurate.
Words Containing 米
立方厘米laap6 /lap6 fong1 lei4 mai5
cubic centimetre (centimeter)
粟米片suk1 mai5 pin2
corn flakes | Std. Chin.: 玉米片
米蘭花mai5 laan4 faa1
Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata)
有米jau5 mai5
rich (lit., "having rice")
糯米糍no6 mai5 ci4
glutinous rice ball
煲無米粥bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1
to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
香米hoeng1 mai5
fragrant rice — a fragrant, long-grain variety of rice; favoured by many high-end Chinese eating establishments
阿米巴aa3 mei5 baa1
amoeba
洗米sai2 mai5
slang for a loser. (from the name of the character 洗米華 in a Cantonese TV series)
大米daai6 mai5
(husked) rice
米已成炊mai5 ji5 sing4 ceoi1
raw rice has already been cooked
偷雞唔到蝕拃米tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5
偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米
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