微米

wēimǐ
measure word #37,550

Meanings

  1. 1 micrometer
  2. 2 micron (one millionth of a meter, 10⁻⁶ m)

Examples

Zhè zhǒng xìbāo de zhíjìng zhǐyǒu jǐ wēimǐ.
These cells are only a few microns in diameter.
Xīnpiàn de gōngyì yǐjīng cóng wēimǐ jí jìnbù dào nàmǐ jí.
Chip manufacturing has progressed from micrometer scale to nanometer scale.

Tips

memory
means 'tiny' and here is 'meter' (the SI unit, not 'rice'). Together: 微米 = 'tiny meter' = micrometer. The same appears in 厘米 (centimeter), 毫米 (millimeter), and 纳米 (nanometer).

Stroke Order

wēi