米 (mǐ): meaning and stroke order

米 in our stories

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• 账本是清朝光绪年间的，纸已经发黄变脆，一碰就掉渣，上面记的都是普通的米店收支。

  zhàngběn shì Qīngcháo Guāngxù niánjiān de zhǐ yǐjīng fāhuáng biàn cuì yí pèng jiù diào zhā shàngmiàn jì de dōu shì pǔtōng de mǐ diàn shōuzhī

  The ledger dated from the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty. Its paper was yellow and brittle, crumbling at a touch, and it recorded only the ordinary income and spending of a rice shop.

  From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 为了登上珠穆朗玛峰，岳峰准备了整整七年：攒钱、训练、爬了十几座六千米以上的雪山。

  wèile dēngshàng Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng Yuè Fēng zhǔnbèi le zhěngzhěng qī nián zǎn qián xùnliàn pá le shíjǐ zuò liùqiān mǐ yǐshàng de xuěshān

  To climb Mount Everest, Yue Feng prepared for seven whole years: saving money, training and climbing more than a dozen snow peaks over six thousand metres.

  From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9