平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平方米
píngfāngmǐ
square meter
Characters in this word
米 mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这套公寓的面积是八十五平方米，适合三口之家居住。 Zhè tào gōngyù de miànjī shì bāshíwǔ píngfāngmǐ, shìhé sānkǒu zhī jiā jūzhù. This flat is eighty-five square metres, making it suitable for a family of three to live in.
- 我们家的客厅有二十平方米，放沙发刚刚好。 Wǒmen jiā de kètīng yǒu èrshí píngfāngmǐ, fàng shāfā gānggāng hǎo. Our living room is twenty square metres, just right for a sofa.
- 这块地大约有一百平方米，可以种很多菜。 Zhè kuài dì dàyuē yǒu yì bǎi píngfāngmǐ, kěyǐ zhòng hěn duō cài. This plot is about a hundred square metres and can grow lots of vegetables.