平米

píngmǐ
measure word #55,437

Meanings

  1. 1 square meter

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ de fángjiān zhǐyǒu shí'èr píngmǐ.
My room is only twelve square meters.
HSK 5
Shìzhōngxīn de fángzi yì píngmǐ yào shíwàn kuài.
Downtown, an apartment costs a hundred thousand yuan per square meter.

Tips

usage
平米 is the spoken short form of 平方米, the unit for flat sizes. House hunters shorten it further to 平: 一百平 'a hundred square meters'. Contracts and official forms use the full 平方米.

Stroke Order

平 píng
米 mǐ