米粒

mǐlì
noun #31,065

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 grain of rice
  2. 2 small granule; speck

Examples

HSK 5
Zhuōzi shàng diào le yì kē mǐlì.
A single grain of rice fell on the table.
HSK 6
Mǐlì dàxiǎo de shāngkǒu yě kěnéng gǎnrǎn.
Even a wound the size of a rice grain can get infected.

Tips

memory
Both characters share the same component pattern: 米 (rice) + 立 (stand) = 粒 'granule'. So 米粒 is literally 'rice + (rice-grain)'. Used as a unit of comparison for tiny things - 米粒大 = rice-grain-sized.

Stroke Order

米 mǐ
粒 lì