# 厘米 (límǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 厘米 (límǐ) means “centimeter”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: centimeter
- Pinyin: límǐ (li2 mi3)
- Traditional: 釐米
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这把尺子一共有二十厘米长。
  Zhè bǎ chǐzi yígòng yǒu èrshí límǐ cháng.
  This ruler is twenty centimeters long in total.

## Characters

- 厘 (lí): one hundredth; centi-
- [米](https://hanziro.com/word/mi-rice/) (mǐ): rice; meter

https://hanziro.com/word/li-mi-centimeter/

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