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)

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

(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)

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