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毫米

háo mǐ · hao mi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. millimeter
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Thin phone

  1. Dengdeng

    这部(zhèbù)手机(shǒujī)只有(zhǐyǒu)七(qī)毫米(háomǐ)厚(hòu)。

    This phone is only seven millimeters thick.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)薄(báo)！

    So thin!

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)旧(jiù)手机(shǒujī)有(yǒu)十二(shíèr)毫米(háomǐ)。

    My old phone is twelve millimeters.

  4. Liangliang

    差(chà)五(wǔ)毫米(háomǐ)，不(bù)多(duō)。

    Five millimeters different. That is not much.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)手机壳(shǒujīké)有(yǒu)三(sān)毫米(háomǐ)。

    But the case is three millimeters.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)加(jiā)起来(qǐlai)十(shí)毫米(háomǐ)，和(hé)以前(yǐqián)差不多(chàbuduō)！

    Then it adds up to ten millimeters, the same as before!

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2 examples
01

过(guò)去(qù)6小(xiǎo)时(shí)，我(wǒ)县(xiàn)牙(yá)城(chéng)镇(zhèn)降(jiàng)雨(yǔ)达(dá)到(dào)122.4毫(háo)米(mǐ)。

Over the past six hours, Yacheng Town in our county has recorded 122.4 mm of rainfall.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

02

这(zhè)张(zhāng)纸(zhǐ)的(de)厚(hòu)度(dù)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)零(líng)点(diǎn)一(yī)毫(háo)米(mǐ)。

This sheet of paper is only zero point one millimeter thick.

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毫
háo

hair; drawing brush

米
mǐ

rice; meter (classifier)

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