Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
开士米開士米kai1 shi4 mi3
cashmere (loanword)
开司米開司米kai1 si1 mi3
cashmere (loanword)
可可米可可米ke3 ke3 mi3
Cocoa Krispies
克里米亚克里米亞ke4 li3 mi3 ya4
Crimea
克什米尔克什米爾ke4 shi2 mi3 er3
Kashmir
拉米夫定拉米夫定la1 mi3 fu1 ding4
Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS; brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV
Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in northwest Yunnan
老玉米老玉米lao3 yu4 mi5
(dialect) corn
厘米釐米li2 mi3
centimeter
立方厘米立方釐米li4 fang1 li2 mi3
cubic centimeter
立方米立方米li4 fang1 mi3
cubic meter (unit of volume)
凌杂米盐凌雜米鹽ling2 za2 mi3 yan2
disordered and fragmentary
马克西米连馬克西米連ma3 ke4 xi1 mi3 lian2
Maximilian or Maximilien (name)
麦克米兰麥克米蘭mai4 ke4 mi3 lan2
McMillan or MacMillan (name); Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
美索不达米亚美索不達米亞mei3 suo3 bu4 da2 mi3 ya4
Mesopotamia
米仓米倉mi3 cang1
rice granary
米虫米蟲mi3 chong2
rice weevil; (fig.) sponger; parasite
米袋子米袋子mi3 dai4 zi5
(fig.) supply of grain to the public
米德尔伯里米德爾伯里mi3 de2 er3 bo2 li3
Middlebury (College)
米底亚米底亞mi3 di3 ya4
Media (ancient Middle east region)
米尔顿米爾頓mi3 er3 dun4
Milton (name); John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
米尔斯米爾斯mi3 er3 si1
Mills (name)
米饭米飯mi3 fan4
(cooked) rice
米粉米粉mi3 fen3
rice flour; rice-flour noodles
米粉肉米粉肉mi3 fen3 rou4
rice flour meat
米夫米夫mi3 fu1
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
米芾米芾mi3 fu2
Mi Fu (1051-1107), Song poet and calligrapher
米该亚米該亞mi3 gai1 ya4
Micah
米高扬米高揚mi3 gao1 yang2
Mikoyan (name); Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s; Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), brother of the politician and one designer of MiG military aircraft
Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
米黄米黃mi3 huang2
beige
米浆米漿mi3 jiang1
rice milk
米开兰基罗米開蘭基羅mi3 kai1 lan2 ji1 luo2
Michelangelo (Tw)
米开朗基罗米開朗基羅mi3 kai1 lang3 ji1 luo2
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor
米凯拉米凱拉mi3 kai3 la1
Michaela (name)
米糠米糠mi3 kang1
bran
米拉米拉mi3 la1
Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
米兰米蘭mi3 lan2
Milano; Milan (Italy)
米老鼠米老鼠mi3 lao3 shu3
Mickey Mouse
米粒米粒mi3 li4
grain of rice; granule
米利班德米利班德mi3 li4 ban1 de2
Milliband (name); Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
米粒组织米粒組織mi3 li4 zu3 zhi1
granulation
米林米林mi3 lin2
Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区, Tibet
米林县米林縣mi3 lin2 xian4
Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区, Tibet
米罗米羅mi3 luo2
Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish surrealist painter
米面米麵mi3 mian4
rice and noodles; rice flour; rice-flour noodles
米纳尔迪米納爾迪mi3 na4 er3 di2
Minardi, Formula 1 racing team
米诺安米諾安mi3 nuo4 an1
Minoan (civilization on Crete)
米欧米歐mi3 ou1
mu (Greek letter Μμ)
米奇米奇mi3 qi2
Mickey or Mitch (name)
米奇老鼠米奇老鼠mi3 qi2 lao3 shu3
Mickey Mouse
米其林米其林mi3 qi2 lin2
Michelin (tire company)
米麴菌米麴菌mi3 qu1 jun1
Aspergillus oryzae (type of mold)
米泉米泉mi3 quan2
Miquan county level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
米泉市米泉市mi3 quan2 shi4
Miquan county level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
米特·罗姆尼米特·羅姆尼mi3 te4 - luo2 mu3 ni2
Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012
米突米突mi3 tu1
meter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
米线米線mi3 xian4
rice-flour noodles
米歇尔米歇爾mi3 xie1 er3
Michel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
米已成炊米已成炊mi3 yi3 cheng2 chui1
lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom); fig. what is done cannot be undone
米易米易mi3 yi4
Miyi county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
米易县米易縣mi3 yi4 xian4
Miyi county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
米脂米脂mi3 zhi1
Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
米脂县米脂縣mi3 zhi1 xian4
Mizhi County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
米制米制mi3 zhi4
metric system
米粥米粥mi3 zhou1
congee
米字旗米字旗mi3 zi4 qi2
Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)
拿俄米拿俄米na2 e2 mi3
Naomi (name)
纳米納米na4 mi3
nanometer
纳米比亚納米比亞na4 mi3 bi3 ya4
Namibia
纳米技术納米技術na4 mi3 ji4 shu4
nanotechnology
奈米奈米nai4 mi3
(Taiwan) nanometer; nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
尼米兹尼米茲ni2 mi3 zi1
Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral
尼米兹号尼米茲號ni2 mi3 zi1 hao4
Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
尼希米记尼希米記ni2 xi1 mi3 ji4
Book of Nehemiah
黏米黏米nian2 mi3
sticky rice; short-grain rice; Oryza sativa var. japonica; also written 粘米
粘米粘米nian2 mi3
sticky rice; short-grain rice; Oryza sativa var. japonica; also written 黏米
碾米机碾米機nian3 mi3 ji1
rice milling machine
糯米糯米nuo4 mi3
glutinous rice; Oryza sativa var. glutinosa
糯米糍糯米糍nuo4 mi3 ci2
rice cake dumpling; sticky rice cake; mochi cake
糯米粉糯米粉nuo4 mi3 fen3
glutinous rice flour
糯米糕糯米糕nuo4 mi3 gao1
glutinous rice cake
糯米臀糯米臀nuo4 mi3 tun2
lazy bones (dialect)
糯米纸糯米紙nuo4 mi3 zhi3
rice paper; membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
欧米伽歐米伽ou1 mi3 ga1
omega (Greek letter Ωω)
欧米茄表公司歐米茄錶公司ou1 mi3 jia1 biao3 gong1 si1
Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
帕米尔帕米爾pa4 mi3 er3
Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
帕米尔高原帕米爾高原pa4 mi3 er3 gao1 yuan2
Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
帕米尔山脉帕米爾山脈pa4 mi3 er3 shan1 mai4
the Pamir mountains
胚芽米胚芽米pei1 ya2 mi3
semi-polished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡不着蚀把米偷雞不著蝕把米tou1 ji1 bu4 zhao2 shi2 ba3 mi3
see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米
吞米桑布札吞米桑布札tun1 mi3 sang1 bu4 zha2
Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
哇沙米哇沙米wa1 sha1 mi3
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
微米微米wei1 mi3
micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter)
五斗米道五斗米道wu3 dou3 mi3 dao4
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement); Way of the Celestial Master
呒虾米嘸蝦米wu3 xia1 mi3
Boshiamy (Hoklo: 無甚物|无甚物 it's nothing) input method for Chinese
西米西米xi1 mi3
sago
西米德兰兹西米德蘭茲xi1 mi3 de2 lan2 zi1
West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰
西米德兰兹郡西米德蘭茲郡xi1 mi3 de2 lan2 zi1 jun4
West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰
西米露西米露xi1 mi3 lu4
tapioca pudding; sago pudding
虾米蝦米xia1 mi3
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps
籼米籼米xian1 mi3
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米)
小米小米xiao3 mi3
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
小米小米xiao3 mi3
millet
小米椒小米椒xiao3 mi3 jiao1
same as 朝天椒
小虾米小蝦米xiao3 xia1 mi5
shrimp; fig. small fry; minor player
玄米茶玄米茶xuan2 mi3 cha2
genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice
亚尔发和奥米加亞爾發和奧米加ya4 er3 fa1 he2 ao4 mi3 jia1
Alpha and Omega
亚米拿达亞米拿達ya4 mi3 na2 da2
Amminadab (son of Ram)
耶利米耶利米ye1 li4 mi3
Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
耶利米哀歌耶利米哀歌ye1 li4 mi3 ai1 ge1
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
耶利米书耶利米書ye1 li4 mi3 shu1
Book of Jeremiah
苡米苡米yi3 mi3
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
薏米薏米yi4 mi3
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
鱼米之乡魚米之鄉yu2 mi3 zhi1 xiang1
(lit.) land of fish and rice; (fig.) fertile region; land of milk and honey
玉米玉米yu4 mi3
corn; maize
玉米饼玉米餅yu4 mi3 bing3
corn cake; Mexican tortilla
玉米赤霉烯酮玉米赤霉烯酮yu4 mi3 chi4 mei2 xi1 tong2
zearalenone
玉米淀粉玉米澱粉yu4 mi3 dian4 fen3
corn starch
玉米粉玉米粉yu4 mi3 fen3
cornflour; corn starch
玉米糕玉米糕yu4 mi3 gao1
corn cake; polenta (corn mush)
玉米花玉米花yu4 mi3 hua1
popcorn
玉米面玉米麵yu4 mi3 mian4
cornmeal; maize flour
玉米片玉米片yu4 mi3 pian4
cornflakes; tortilla chips
玉米糁玉米糝yu4 mi3 san3
corn grits
玉米笋玉米筍yu4 mi3 sun3
baby corn
玉米糖浆玉米糖漿yu4 mi3 tang2 jiang1
corn syrup
越光米越光米yue4 guang1 mi3
Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)