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厘米

límǐ
measure wordHSK 4

“Centimeter” in Chinese is 厘米 (límǐ).

Meaning

  • centimeter

Example

我的哥哥比我大两岁，但他却比我矮三厘米。

My brother is two years older than me, but three centimeters shorter.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

líHSK 49 strokesLi (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]mǐHSK 16 strokesuncooked rice

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