米釐

米釐

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (米釐/米厘)		米	釐/厘
simp. (米厘)		米	厘
anagram		釐米

Etymology

Borrowed from English milli-.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ lei⁴
• Wu (Wiktionary): miq liq (T5)

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ lei⁴
    • Yale: máih lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ lei̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: miq liq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɪʔ¹¹ li̯ɪʔ²³/

Noun

米釐

1. (dialectal, including Urumqi Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu) millimetre

   八米釐 / 八米厘 [Cantonese]  ―  baat³ mai⁵ lei⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  8 mm film

Usage notes

• In Cantonese, this word is usually only used in photography or filming.

Synonyms

• 毫米 (háomǐ)
• 公釐／公厘 (gōnglí)