粒子

lìzi
  1. grain (of rice)
  2. granule

CEDICT

Homographs

粒子 lìzǐ
  1. (elementary) particle
  2. grain

Entry Composition

1 粒 lì
  1. grain; granule; pellet; particle
  2. classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
  3. (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"