HSK 5 · Food

玉米 yùmǐ “corn” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 玉米 means

  1. corn
  2. maize

Measure word 粒 lì · 一粒玉米 yí lì yùmǐ

How to say 玉米

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale玉yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale米mǐ3rd tone, dipping

玉米 in a sentence

  1. 我买了一包冰冻玉米。

    Wǒ mǎi le yì bāo bīngdòng yùmǐ.

    I bought a bag of frozen corn.

    Sentence #9779587 from Tatoeba

  2. 这玉米很新鲜。

    Zhè yùmǐ hěn xīnxiān.

    This corn is very fresh.

    Sentence #13854222 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不喜欢玉米。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan yùmǐ.

    I don’t like corn.

    Sentence #6947204 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 玉米 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 玉 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
玉yùjade
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 米 (mǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
米mǐuncooked rice
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidGrains of rice scattered around a stalk.

How to write 玉米

玉 5 strokes · 米 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

玉米 (yùmǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 玉米 (yùmǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 玉米

Words with 玉

玉yù · jade

Words with 米

米饭mǐfàn · cooked rice米mǐ · rice厘米límǐ · centimetre毫米háomǐ · millimetre

More words: Food & Dining

小麦xiǎomài · wheat宴会yànhuì · banquet营养yíngyǎng · nutrition油炸yóuzhá · to deep fry煮zhǔ · to boil馋chán · greedy (for food)盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)橙chéng · orange (fruit)

FAQs

玉米 (yùmǐ) means “corn” or “maize”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yùmǐ: yù with a 4th tone, then mǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 玉米 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 粒 (lì). For example, one corn is 一粒玉米 (yí lì yùmǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yumi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 玉米 from the suggestions. Typing yumi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
玉米 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.