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Definition
Millimeter; a unit of length equal to one-thousandth of a meter.
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How it's used
Technical measurements in Hong Kong often use the English term millimeter directly in speech rather than the Chinese characters. When reading aloud, people frequently say mm instead of the full term to avoid sounding overly formal or academic. It is strictly a unit of measurement and never used metaphorically.
Examples
This line is about five millimeters long.
Can you measure how many millimeters it is?
Related words
Common phrases
how many millimeters
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
