米斯 (mǐ sī) — (transliteration) a proper noun, possibly a name or place

Definition

Used in modern Chinese only as a transliteration of a foreign name or place — it carries no native meaning, so learners should treat it as a proper noun pronounced mǐsī.

noun
(transliteration) a proper nounpossibly a name or place

Examples

  • 米斯。
    Wǒ zuó tiān zài tú shū guǎn rèn shi le mǐ sī.
    I met 米斯 at the library yesterday.
  • 米斯。
    mǐ sī Shì yí gè hěn tè bié de míng zì.
    米斯 is a very special name.
  • 米斯。
    Zhè běn shū tí dào le yí gè jiào mǐ sī de dì fāng.
    This book mentions a place called 米斯.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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