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mài

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mài Meaning

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

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About mài

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

mài

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To take ten thousand  wàn steps  chuò

Etymology of mài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶萬

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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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