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麦 Mài

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Mài | Mai4
English translation
surname Mai
wheat
barley
oats
wheat, barley, oats

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About 麦 Mài

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

麥 mài

Contains the radical

麦 Mài

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Simplified form of 麦 Mài ; grains 來 lái ready to be harvested 夂 zhǐ

Etymology of 麦 Mài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱龶夂

Explanation

Simplified form of 麥 mài . The top component 來 lái is a pictograph of wheat. It is unclear why the foot component (夂 zhǐ ) was added to the character for "wheat".

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Example sentences using 麦 Mài

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麦 Mài 县 xiàn 的 de 人 rén 从来 cónglái 不 bù 这么 zhè me 谈 Tán 话 huà , 不谈这些 zhè xiē 事 shì .

People in Madison County didn't talk this way, about these things.

噢 ō , 彬 bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng 的 de 马 Mǎ 车 Chē 要 yāo 送 sòng 他 tā 的 de 朋友 péngyou 到 dào 麦里屯 tún 去 qù , 赫 hè 斯脱夫妇 fūfù 又 yòu 是 shì 有 yǒu 车 Chē 无 wú 马 Mǎ .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

要是 yàoshi 天气 tiānqì 晴 qíng 下去 xià qù 的 de 话 huà ,小麦 xiǎomài 下星期 xià xīng qī 就 jiù 可以 kěyǐ 抽穗.

The wheat should head out next week if the weather stays sunny.

给 gěi 我 wǒ 一 yī 份 fèn 麦克 Mài kè 鸡 jī 块 kuài 餐 cān ,配 pèi 辣 là 芥末 jiè mo 酱 jiàng .

Give me a Chicken McNuggets meal with hot mustard sauce.

我们 wǒmen 沿着 yán zhe 麦迪 Mài dí 生 shēng 大道 dà dào 逛 guàng 商店 shāngdiàn .

We window - shopped along Madison Avenue.

Words with 麦 Mài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
麦 Mài wheat麥 mài
麦克 Mài kè Mike (name)麥克
小麦 xiǎomài wheat小麥
麦当劳 Mài dāng láo MacDonald or McDonald (name)麥當勞
丹麦 Dān mài Denmark丹麥
麦克风 màikèfēng microphone (loanword)麥克風
麦片 mài piàn oatmeal麥片
大麦 dà mài barley大麥
麦迪 Mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player麥迪
燕麦 yàn mài oats燕麥
麦迪逊 Mài dí xùn Madison (name)麥迪遜
麦子 mài zi wheat麥子
麦芽 mài yá malt麥芽
喀麦隆 Kā mài lóng Cameroon喀麥隆
麦当娜 Mài dāng nà Madonna (1958-), US pop singer麥當娜
荞麦 qiáo mài buckwheat蕎麥
麦克阿瑟 Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war麥克阿瑟
麦冬 mài dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM麥冬
麦德龙 Mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German)麥德龍
麦凯恩 Mài kǎi ēn McCain (name)麥凱恩

麦 Mài Decomposition & Compounds

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麦 Mài Decomposition

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麦 Mài Compounds

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