千米

qiānmǐ

measure word #51,180

Meanings

1 kilometer
2 km

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

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.

HSK 3

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