米制

mǐzhì

noun

Meanings

1 metric system
2 the system of units based on the metre and the kilogram

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Examples

中国从1959年起正式采用米制。

Zhōngguó cóng yī-jiǔ-wǔ-jiǔ nián qǐ zhèngshì cǎiyòng mǐzhì.

China officially adopted the metric system in 1959.

科学测量都使用米制。

Kēxué cèliáng dōu shǐyòng mǐzhì.

Scientific measurement uses the metric system throughout.

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history

France introduced the metric system after the Revolution; the 1875 Metre Convention in Paris locked it in for seventeen founding states. Older Chinese sources call it 米突制 (mǐtūzhì) — a phonetic loan of 'metre' — before the cleaner 米制 became standard.

Stroke Order

米 mǐ

制 zhì