毫米
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
毫米 (háomǐ) · millimeter
毫米 (háomǐ) means “millimeter”. It is written with 2 characters: 毫 (fine hair) + 米 (rice). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 毫米 is built
The characters
毫 háo · fine hair
What 毫 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冖mì — cover
- 毛máo — hair
- 乇tuō — to depend on
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乇tuō — to depend on
Origin hint: hair (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
米 mǐ · rice
What 米 is made of
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: Grains of rice (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这张纸只有一毫米厚。Zhè zhāng zhǐ zhǐyǒu yī háomǐ hòu.This sheet of paper is only one millimeter thick.
昨天下了五十毫米的雨。Zuótiān xià le wǔshí háomǐ de yǔ.Fifty millimeters of rain fell yesterday.
Questions about 毫米
What does 毫米 mean?
毫米 (háomǐ) means “millimeter”.
How do you pronounce 毫米?
毫米 is pronounced háomǐ.
Which HSK level is 毫米?
毫米 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 毫升háoshēngmilliliter
- 丝毫sīháothe slightest
- 毫无háowúnot at all
- 米饭mǐfàncooked rice
- 厘米límǐcentimeter
- 玉米yùmǐcorn
- 米mǐrice
Learn 毫米 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 13: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.