米制

mǐzhì
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Zhōngguó cóng yījiǔwǔjiǔ nián qǐ zhèngshì cǎiyòng mǐzhì.
China officially adopted the metric system in 1959.
HSK 6
Kēxué cèliáng dōu shǐyòng mǐzhì.
Scientific measurement uses the metric system throughout.

Tips

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 - a phonetic loan of 'metre' - before the cleaner 米制 became standard.

Stroke Order

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