平米

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	meter
trad. (平米)		平	米
simp. ^#(平米)		平	米

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ mai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngmǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-mi³
  - Yale: píng-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngmii
  - Palladius: пинми (pinmi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ mai⁵
  - Yale: pìhng máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ mɐi̯¹³/

Classifier

平米

(Mainland China) short for 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ, “square metre”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 平方米 (“square metre”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		平方米, 平方公尺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	平方公尺
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	平方米
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	平方
Cantonese	Guangzhou	平方
	Hong Kong	平方米, 平方公尺
	Taishan	平方米
Southern Min	Xiamen	平方
Southern Min	Zhao'an	平米
Wu	Shanghai	平方
Wu	Wenzhou	平方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	米
へい Grade: 3	べい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーべー [héꜜèbèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːbe̞ː]

Noun

平(へい)米(べい) • (heibei) ^{←へいべい (feibei)^?}

square metre

Synonyms

平方(へいほう)メートル (heihō mētoru)

Related terms

立米(りゅうべい) (ryūbei, “cubic metre”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN