千米

qiānmǐ

measure word #51,180

Meanings

1 kilometer
2 km

Characters

Examples

从这里到机场大约二十千米。

Cóng zhèlǐ dào jīchǎng dàyuē èrshí qiānmǐ.

It's about twenty kilometers from here to the airport.

他每天跑五千米。

Tā měitiān pǎo wǔ qiānmǐ.

He runs five kilometers every day.

Tips

usage

千米 is the written / scientific form; 公里 (gōnglǐ) is more common in everyday speech. Road signs, physics textbooks, and official reports tend to use 千米.

Stroke Order

千 qiān

米 mǐ