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16.06.03
米Chinese Word of the Day 米 - Mi3 - Rice, Meter I’ve mentioned 米 before. Not only does it mean Rice, it also means Meter. What else is there? How do you say Gram? Am I going to do another of those dull tables that I get so excited about? No! Somebody beat me to it: SI Unit and Prefix Names in Chinese This is the JACKPOT! Meter, Kilogram, Second, Kelvin, Ampere, Mole, Candela, … Micro-, Pico-, Nano-, Kilo-, Mega-, Giga-, even Exa-, Peta-, Femto-, and Atto-! My favorites! They’re all here! Word of the Day
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Nicolas Minutillo
But I like dull tables.
steve
Then follow the link! It\’s as dull as can be! Every unit you\’ve ever heard of, and several you haven\’t, with several different Chinese translations, and pronunciations.
Nicolas
I did, I spent an enjoyable hour there and at a linked site that gave some explanation of pinyin (including a pronounciation guide). Fun was had by all.
joe
it\’s kind of the same in japanese. It means rice and is pronounce \”kome\”
hilariously, it\’s the same kanji used for america.
米国 = maekoku = america
not because america is the rice country, but because i guess \”mae\” kind of sounds like America.
steve
Oh really! In Chinese, America is \”pretty country\”:
美國 - Mei Guo
Also, a word pronounced like \”mae\”.
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