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mài

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mài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mài | mai4
English translation
to take a step
old; to pass by, to take a stride

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About mài

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

mài

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To take ten thousand  steps  chuò

Etymology of mài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶万

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Example sentences using mài

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Gāo de 那个 nà ge shì 萨姆, ǎi 的那个是迈克.

The tall one's Sam and the short one's Mike.

该所 de 安东尼 Ān dōng ní 福西医生 yīshēng chèn 实验 shíyàn 结果 jiēguǒ 向前 xiàng qián 迈进 mài jìn le 重要 zhòngyào .

Dr. Anthony Fauci at N . I. H . called the findings an important step forward.

迈克尔 Mài kè ěr : 比利 Bǐ lì , 今天 jīntiān le Zuò zài 这张桌子 zhuōzi shǎng ?

Michael: Billy, reason are not you at the desk nowadays?

照此办理 bànlǐ , 穿 chuān 靴子 xuē zi de jiǎo 轻松 qīngsōng de mài Guò 铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng .

He executed the same maneuver, easily swinging his boots over the wire.

迈克尔 Mài kè ěr gěi 老头子 lǎo tóu zi zhēn le xiē yīn 香酒,给汤- Hēi gēn 斟了些苏格兰 Sū gé lán 威士忌 wēi shì jì .

Michael served some anisette to the Don and scotch to Tom Hagen.

Words with mài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mài to stride mài
迈阿密 Mài ā mì Miami (Florida)邁阿密
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr Michael (name)邁克爾
迈出 mài chū to step out邁出
迈进 mài jìn to step in邁進
迈向 mài xiàng to march toward邁向
豪迈 háomài bold豪邁
年迈 nián mài old年邁
艾哈迈德 Aì hǎ mài dé Ahmed (name)艾哈邁德
清迈 Qīng Mài Chiang Mai, second city of Thailand清邁
老迈 lǎo mài aged老邁
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr ·杰克逊 Jié kè xùn Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer邁克爾·傑克遜
澄迈 Chéng mài Chengmai County, Hainan澄邁
迈巴赫 Mài bā hè Maybach, German car brand邁巴赫
澄迈县 Chéng mài xiàn Chengmai County, Hainan澄邁縣

mài Decomposition & Compounds

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mài Decomposition

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