厘米 límǐ centimeter
How to remember 厘米: 厘 one thousandth + 米 rice = centimeter.
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How it is used
- Centimeter - 十厘米长 (shí límǐ cháng) ten centimeters long.
- The everyday metric unit for small lengths; colloquially many people say 公分 (gōngfēn), which means the same thing.
- Part of the metric series: 毫米 (háomǐ) mm, 厘米 cm, 米 (mǐ) m, 千米/公里 (qiānmǐ/gōnglǐ) km.