HSK 6 · Ideas

毫米 háomǐ “millimetre” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 毫米 means

  1. millimetre
  2. millimeter

How to say 毫米

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毫háo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale米mǐ3rd tone, dipping

毫米 in a sentence

  1. 这张纸厚一毫米。

    Zhè zhāng zhǐ hòu yì háomǐ.

    This sheet of paper is one millimetre thick.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 昨天下了五十毫米的雨。

    Zuótiān xià le wǔshí háomǐ de yǔ.

    Fifty millimetres of rain fell yesterday.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 毫米 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 毫 (háo) with each of its parts in a different colour
毫háohair
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 毛fur · máoMeaning part
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 毫米

毫 11 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.

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

Words related to 毫米

Words with 毫

丝毫sīháo · the slightest amount or degree毫无háowú · not at all

Words with 米

米饭mǐfàn · cooked rice米mǐ · rice玉米yùmǐ · corn厘米límǐ · centimetre

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FAQs

毫米 (háomǐ) means “millimetre” or “millimeter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it háomǐ: háo with a 2nd 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. 毫米 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haomi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毫米 from the suggestions. Typing haomi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毫米 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.