Usage of the character 米

Mikoyan (name)
Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), brother of the politician and one designer of MiG military aircraft

tātāmǐ

他他米

[他他米]

see 榻榻米 (tàtàmǐ)

jītóumǐ

鸡头米

[雞頭米]

Gorgon fruit
Semen euryales (botany)
see also 芡實／芡实 (qiànshí)

Nímǐzī

尼米兹

[尼米茲]

Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral

kāishìmǐ

开士米

[開士米]

cashmere (loanword)

yùmǐsǔn

玉米笋

[玉米筍]

baby corn

Mǐgāoméi

米高梅

[米高梅]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company)

yùmǐsǎn

玉米糁

[玉米糝]

corn grits

Wúxiāmǐ

呒虾米

[嘸蝦米]

Boshiamy, input method editor for Chinese (from Taiwanese 無啥物, Tai-lo pr. (bô-siánn-mih) "it's nothing")

Mǐqílín

米其林

[米其林]

Michelin (tire company)

lǎoyùmi

老玉米

[老玉米]

(dialect) corn

Mǐxiē'ěr

米歇尔

[米歇爾]

Michel or Mitchell (name)
George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009

Péngláimǐ

蓬莱米

[蓬萊米]

Taiwan round-grained glutinous rice (Japonica rice)

Mǐyìxiàn

米易县

[米易縣]

Miyi county in Panzhihua 攀枝花 ( Pānzhīhuā), south Sichuan

bǐgémǐ

俾格米

[俾格米]

Pygmy

shāxīmǐ

沙西米

[沙西米]

sashimi (loanword)

yùmǐhuā

玉米花

[玉米花]

popcorn

Mǐkǎilā

米凯拉

[米凱拉]

Michaela (name)

huāshēngmǐ

花生米

[花生米]

shelled peanuts

nuòmǐgāo

糯米糕

[糯米糕]

glutinous rice cake
CL:塊／块 (kuài)

mǐfěnròu

米粉肉

[米粉肉]

rice flour meat

jiāngmǐjiǔ

江米酒

[江米酒]

glutinous rice wine
fermented glutinous rice

Mǐlínxiàn

米林县

[米林縣]

Mainling county, Tibetan: Sman gling rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區／林芝地区 ( Línzhīdìqū), Tibet

xuánmǐchá

玄米茶

[玄米茶]

genmaicha
Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice

xīmǐlù

西米露

[西米露]

tapioca pudding
sago pudding

Yēlìmǐ

耶利米

[耶利米]

Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)

kāisīmǐ

开司米

[開司米]

cashmere (loanword)

xiǎoxiāmi

小虾米

[小蝦米]

shrimp
fig. small fry
minor player

niǎnmǐjī

碾米机

[碾米機]

rice milling machine

Pǔmǐzú

普米族

[普米族]

Pumi ethnic group

yùmǐmiàn

玉米面

[玉米麵]

cornmeal; maize flour

Mǐ Lǎoshǔ

米老鼠

[米老鼠]

Mickey Mouse

háowēimǐ

毫微米

[毫微米]

millimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter

ōumǐgā

欧米伽

[歐米伽]

omega (Greek letter Ωω)

āmǐbā

阿米巴

[阿米巴]

amoeba (loanword)

yùmǐbǐng

玉米饼

[玉米餅]

corn cake
Mexican tortilla

yùmǐfěn

玉米粉

[玉米粉]

cornflour
corn starch

píngfāngmǐ

平方米

[平方米]

square meter

guànmǐtāng

灌米汤

[灌米湯]

to flatter
to butter sb up

Mǐdǐyà

米底亚

[米底亞]

Media (ancient Middle east region)

Yuèguāngmǐ

越光米

[越光米]

Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)

nuòmǐzhǐ

糯米纸

[糯米紙]

rice paper
membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc

Jiélǐmǐ

杰里米

[傑里米]

Jeremy (name)

duōmǐnuò

多米诺

[多米諾]

(loanword) domino

yùmǐpiàn

玉米片

[玉米片]

cornflakes
tortilla chips

sāxīmǐ

撒西米

[撒西米]

sashimi (loanword)

jīmǐhuā

鸡米花

[雞米花]

chicken nuggets
popcorn chicken

Shǎnmǐtè

闪米特

[閃米特]

Semitic

Mǐ'ěrdùn

米尔顿

[米爾頓]

Milton (name)
John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost

mǐdàizi

米袋子

[米袋子]

(fig.) supply of grain to the public

pēiyámǐ

胚芽米

[胚芽米]

semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)

niúdùnmǐ

牛顿米

[牛頓米]

newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m)

yùmǐgāo

玉米糕

[玉米糕]

corn cake
polenta (corn mush)

Mǐ'ěrsī

米尔斯

[米爾斯]

Mills (name)

Mǐnuò'ān

米诺安

[米諾安]

Minoan (civilization on Crete)

Bobomǐ

卜卜米

[卜卜米]

Rice Krispies

Kěkěmǐ

可可米

[可可米]

Cocoa Krispies

Sàmǐrén

萨米人

[薩米人]

the Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia

sàlāmǐ

萨拉米

[薩拉米]

salami (loanword)

tàtàmǐ

榻榻米

[榻榻米]

tatami (loanword from Japanese)

nuòmǐfěn

糯米粉

[糯米粉]

glutinous rice flour

Mǐquánshì

米泉市

[米泉市]

Miquan, county-level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

wāshāmǐ

哇沙米

[哇沙米]

wasabi (loanword) (Tw)

Mǐzìqí

米字旗

[米字旗]

Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)

nuòmǐcí

糯米糍

[糯米糍]

rice cake dumpling
sticky rice cake
mochi cake

Kèshímǐ'ěr

克什米尔

[克什米爾]

Kashmir

Hāmǐ'ěrkǎ

哈米尔卡

[哈米爾卡]

Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general

Nímǐzī Hào

尼米兹号

[尼米茲號]

Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975

Mǐlìbāndé

米利班德

[米利班德]

Milliband (name)
Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

Yēlìmǐshū

耶利米书

[耶利米書]

Book of Jeremiah

jíluómǐtū

吉罗米突

[吉羅米突]

kilometer (old) (loanword)

Níxīmǐ Jì

尼希米记

[尼希米記]

Book of Nehemiah

Wǔdǒumǐ Dào

五斗米道

[五斗米道]

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
Way of the Celestial Master

tǒngzǐmǐgāo

筒子米糕

[筒子米糕]

rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)

āmǐbābìng

阿米巴病

[阿米巴病]

amebiasis
amebic dysentery

nàmǐjìshù

纳米技术

[納米技術]

nanotechnology

chuīkāngjiànmǐ

吹糠见米

[吹糠見米]

instant results
lit. blow the husk and see the rice

Guójì Mǐlán

国际米兰

[國際米蘭]

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)
abbr. for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部／国际米兰足球俱乐部 ( Guójì Mǐlán Zúqiú Jùlèbù)

língzámǐyán

凌杂米盐

[凌雜米鹽]

disordered and fragmentary

píngfāngqiānmǐ

平方千米

[平方千米]

square kilometer

Nàmǐbǐyà

纳米比亚

[納米比亞]

Namibia

Lāmǐfūdìng

拉米夫定

[拉米夫定]

Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

tílāmǐsū

提拉米苏

[提拉米蘇]

tiramisu (loanword)

guòqiáomǐxiàn

过桥米线

[過橋米線]

rice noodle soup from Yunnan province

lìfānglímǐ

立方厘米

[立方釐米]

cubic centimeter

Huámǐ Kējì

华米科技

[華米科技]

Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013

háomǐgǒngzhù

毫米汞柱

[毫米汞柱]

millimeter of mercury
mmHg (unit of pressure)

jīluómǐtū

基罗米突

[基羅米突]

kilometer (old) (loanword)

Ajīmǐdé

阿基米德

[阿基米德]

Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)

yùmǐdiànfěn

玉米淀粉

[玉米澱粉]

corn starch

Mǐqí Lǎoshǔ

米奇老鼠

[米奇老鼠]

Mickey Mouse

dìsāimǐsōng

地塞米松

[地塞米松]

dexamethasone

Duōmǐníjiā

多米尼加

[多米尼加]

Dominican Republic

shēngmǐshúfàn

生米熟饭

[生米熟飯]

abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.

mǐyǐchéngchuī

米已成炊

[米已成炊]

lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
fig. what is done cannot be undone

Bōxīmǐyà

波希米亚

[波希米亞]

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

Màikèmǐlán

麦克米兰

[麥克米蘭]

McMillan or MacMillan (name)
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963

bōxīmǐyà

波西米亚

[波西米亞]

bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)

bǎimǐsàipǎo

百米赛跑

[百米賽跑]

100-meter dash

Alāmǐyǔ

阿拉米语

[阿拉米語]

Aramaic (language)

mǐlìzǔzhī

米粒组织

[米粒組織]

granulation

Duōmǐníkè

多米尼克

[多米尼克]

Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica)

mǐnà'ěrdí

米纳尔迪

[米納爾迪]

Minardi, Formula 1 racing team

dīlāmǐsū

堤拉米苏

[堤拉米蘇]

tiramisu (loanword)

yúmǐzhīxiāng

鱼米之乡

[魚米之鄉]

(lit.) land of fish and rice
(fig.) fertile region
land of milk and honey

Bōxīmǐyà

波西米亚

[波西米亞]

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

Tàimǐ'ěryǔ

泰米尔语

[泰米爾語]

Tamil language

Yàmǐnádá

亚米拿达

[亞米拿達]

Amminadab (son of Ram)

cháimǐyóuyán

柴米油盐

[柴米油鹽]

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
fig. life's daily necessities

Rìběnmǐjiǔ

日本米酒

[日本米酒]

Japanese rice wine
sake

bàoyùmǐhuā

爆玉米花

[爆玉米花]

to make popcorn
popcorn

Kèlǐmǐyà

克里米亚

[克里米亞]

Crimea

àomǐkěróng

奥米可戎

[奧米可戎]

omicron (Greek letter Οο)

yùmǐtángjiāng

玉米糖浆

[玉米糖漿]

corn syrup

āmǐbālìji

阿米巴痢疾

[阿米巴痢疾]

amebic dysentery

Xīmǐdélánzī

西米德兰兹

[西米德蘭茲]

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰 ( Bómínghàn)

Mǐkāilǎngjīluó

米开朗基罗

[米開朗基羅]

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor

Yēlìmǐ'āigē

耶利米哀歌

[耶利米哀歌]

the Lamentations of Jeremiah

Tūnmǐ Sāngbùzhá

吞米桑布札

[吞米桑布札]

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

Hāmǐjíduōdùn

哈米吉多顿

[哈米吉多頓]

Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)

Mǎkèxīmǐlián

马克西米连

[馬克西米連]

Maximilian or Maximilien (name)

Mǐdé'ěrbólǐ

米德尔伯里

[米德爾伯里]

Middlebury (College)

Amǐnàdábù

阿米纳达布

[阿米納達布]

Amminadab (name)

Aì'ěrmǐtǎshí

艾尔米塔什

[艾爾米塔什]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

āmǐbāyuánchóng

阿米巴原虫

[阿米巴原蟲]

amoeba
ameba

Aì'ěrmǐtǎjī

艾尔米塔奇

[艾爾米塔奇]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

Pàmǐ'ěr Gāoyuán

帕米尔高原

[帕米爾高原]

the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia

Mǐkāilánjīluó

米开兰基罗

[米開蘭基羅]

Michelangelo (Tw)

Tàimǐ'ěr Nàdé

泰米尔纳德

[泰米爾納德]

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈／钦奈 ( Qīnnài)
formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦／马德拉斯邦 ( Mǎdélāsībāng)

Pǔluómǐxiūsī

普罗米修斯

[普羅米修斯]

Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology

duōmǐnuògǔpái

多米诺骨牌

[多米諾骨牌]

dominoes

Guójì Mǐlán Duì

国际米兰队

[國際米蘭隊]

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)
abbr. for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部／国际米兰足球俱乐部 ( Guójì Mǐlán Zúqiú Jùlèbù)

Fúlājīmǐ'ěr

弗拉基米尔

[弗拉基米爾]

Vladimir

háomǐshuǐyínzhù

毫米水银柱

[毫米水銀柱]

millibar (unit of pressure)

Mǐtè· Luómǔní

米特·罗姆尼

[米特·羅姆尼]

Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012

Enlǐkē· Fèimǐ

恩里科·费米

[恩里科·費米]

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist

Xīmǐdélánzījùn

西米德兰兹郡

[西米德蘭茲郡]

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰 ( Bómínghàn)

Měisuǒbùdámǐyà

美索不达米亚

[美索不達米亞]

Mesopotamia

Kǎxīmǐ'ěrxiàoyìng

卡西米尔效应

[卡西米爾效應]

Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)

shēngmǐzhǔchéngshúfàn

生米煮成熟饭

[生米煮成熟飯]

the rice is cooked
what's done is done
it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

Tàimǐ'ěr Nàdébāng

泰米尔纳德邦

[泰米爾納德邦]

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈／钦奈 ( Qīnnài)
formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦／马德拉斯邦 ( Mǎdélāsībāng)

Duōmǐníjiā Liánbāng

多米尼克联邦

[多米尼克聯邦]

the Commonwealth of Dominica

shēngmǐzuòchéngshúfàn

生米做成熟饭

[生米做成熟飯]

lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
It's too late to change anything now.
also written 生米煮成熟飯／生米煮成熟饭

yùmǐchìméixītóng

玉米赤霉烯酮

[玉米赤霉烯酮]

zearalenone

wèiwǔdǒumǐzhéyāo

为五斗米折腰

[為五斗米折腰]

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛／陶潜 ( Táo Qián), who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)
(fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary

Bākòng Kèshímǐ'ěr

巴控克什米尔

[巴控克什米爾]

Pakistan administered Kashmir

Oūmǐjiā Biǎo Gōngsī

欧米茄表公司

[歐米茄錶公司]

Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker

Dàwèi· Mǐlìbāndé

大卫·米利班德

[大衛·米利班德]

David Miliband (1965-), UK politician

Aīdé· Mǐlìbāndé

埃德·米利班德

[埃德·米利班德]

Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

tōujībùchéngshíbǎmǐ

偷鸡不成蚀把米

[偷雞不成蝕把米]

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
to go for wool and come back shorn

Tàimǐ'ěr Měnghǔ Zǔzhī

泰米尔猛虎组织

[泰米爾猛虎組織]