米

meter, rice, money

m i ² ¹ ⁴
noun Uncommon #9,998
meter A unit of length.
CH: 这张桌子长两米。
EN: This table is two meters long.

对海浪把我们卷走了海浪有十五米高

Yes, the waves swept us away. The waves were fifteen meters high.

— 罗马 (2018)

就两米而已

It’s only two meters.

— 罗马 (2018)

往下二十米

Twenty meters down.

— 虎胆龙威 (1988)

请在一米线外等候。

Please wait behind the one-meter line.

这里是五米

This is five meters.

— 回归 (2006)

两米

Two meters

— 回归 (2006)

每天跑一万米打两千拳忘掉其他动作

Run 10,000 meters and throw 2,000 punches every day. Forget all the other moves.

— I Am What I Am 2 (2024)

一米

One meter

— 回归 (2006)

两米半.

Two and a half meters.

— 你妈妈也一样 (2001)

俄国人从四周已经逼近到几百米了,目前我们迫使他们停了下来

The Russians have already closed in from all sides to within a few hundred meters. For now, we’ve forced them to stop.

— 帝国的毁灭 (2004)

三米?

Three meters?

— 水瓶座 (2016)

通常只是为了挺进几百米而奋战

Usually, they’re fighting hard just to advance a few hundred meters.

— 西线无战事 (2022)

noun Uncommon #10,623
rice 米 refers to rice as a staple food or grain.
CH: 你国家的人吃米吗?
EN: Do people in your country eat rice?

维里迪安米,洛里库姆面粉。

Verdian rice and Loricum flour.

家里还有多少米?

How much rice do we have left at home?

— 叶问 (2008)

现在的米是怎样来的

Where does the rice we have today come from?

— 七武士 (1954)

来吧,米是你的,多吃点吧

Come on, the rice is yours—eat up.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

与其把衣服留着拿去换米

Rather than keeping the clothes, take them to trade for rice.

— 萤火虫之墓 (1988)

你怎么要米不要钱呢?

How come you want rice but not money?

— 母亲 (2009)

你国家的人吃米吗?

Do people in your country eat rice?

日本米市场禁止进口。

Japan’s rice market bans imports.

如果再拿米

If you get rice again...

— 母亲 (2009)

去买点米

Go buy some rice.

— 萤火虫之墓 (1988)

要米不给米,

You ask for rice, and they won’t give you any.

— 七武士 (1954)

一粒米都不要浪费!

Don't waste a single grain of rice!

noun Rare #15,816
money Slang for money or cash.
CH: 他为了赚米,每天努力工作。
EN: He works hard every day to earn money.

你这混蛋竟用米搞她!

You bastard, you actually used rice to screw her!

— 母亲 (2009)

要不拿去换米吧?

How about taking it to exchange for rice?

— 萤火虫之墓 (1988)

老太太你有很多米了

Ma'am, you already have plenty of rice.

— 母亲 (2009)

我见他输了还敢拿米…所以…才教训他

I saw that he’d lost and still dared to take the rice... so I taught him a lesson.

— 叶问 (2008)

没钱就把米还给我

If you don't have money, give me back the rice.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

给她米就能上她

Give her money and you can sleep with her.

— 母亲 (2009)

我不是为米而来

I’m not here for the rice.

— 叶问 (2008)

有米的话可买四十个

If you have the money, you can buy forty.

— 七武士 (1954)

米给输了

Mi lost.

— 七武士 (1954)

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