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脉

mài

HSK 6 Character Traditional 脈

What 脉 means

1. arteries and veins
2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

Other readings

脉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• màiold variant of {脉|mài}
• màivariant of {脉|mài}
• mòsee {脉脉|mò mò}

Example sentences

• 医生给我把脉。
  Yīshēng gěi wǒ bǎmài.
  The doctor felt my pulse.
• 我的脉搏很快。
  My pulse is fast.
• 他的脉搏正常吗？
  Tā de màibó zhèngcháng ma?
  Is his pulse regular?
• 检查汤姆的脉搏。
  Check Tom's pulse.
• 医生正在量病人的脉搏。
  Yīshēng zhèngzài liáng bìngrén de màibó.
  The doctor is taking the patient's pulse.
• 再检查一下汤姆的脉搏。
  Check Tom's pulse again.

Words starting with 脉

• 脉搏mài bópulse (both medical and figurative)
• 脉络mài luòarteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal)
• 脉脉mò mòaffectionate; loving
• 脉冲mài chōngpulse (physics)
• 脉动mài dòngpulse; throbbing; pulsation
• 脉口mài kǒulocation on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
• 脉压mài yāblood pressure
• 脉息mài xīpulse
• 脉案mài àn(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription; medical record
• 脉石mài shí(mining) gangue; veinstone
• 脉管mài guǎnvascular (made up of vessels)
• 脉诊mài zhěn(TCM) diagnosis based on the patient's pulse; to make such a diagnosis
• 脉象mài xiàngcondition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
• 脉轮mài lúnchakra
• 脉门mài méninner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
• 脉络膜mài luò móchoroid (vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera)
• 脉冲星mài chōng xīngpulsar (astronomy)
• 脉管组织mài guǎn zǔ zhīvascular tissue
• 脉冲波mài chōng bōsee 脉冲

Words containing 脉

• 山脉shān màimountain range
• 动脉dòng màiartery
• 血脉xuè màiblood vessels
• 来龙去脉lái lóng qù mài(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events…
• 静脉jìng màivein
• 命脉mìng màilifeline
• 一脉相承yī mài xiāng chéngtraceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
• 含情脉脉hán qíng mò mòfull of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
• 动脉硬化dòng mài yìng huàhardening of the arteries; arteriosclerosis
• 经脉jīng màichannel of TCM
• 人脉rén màicontacts; connections; network
• 冠脉guān màicoronary; coronary artery
• 切脉qiè màito feel sb's pulse
• 地脉dì màigeographical position according to the principles of feng shui 风水; ley lines
• 寸脉cùn màipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
• 弱脉ruò màiweak pulse
• 把脉bǎ màito feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse
• 按脉àn màito feel (take) the pulse
• 摸脉mō màito feel sb's pulse
• 病脉bìng màiabnormal pulse
• 矿脉kuàng màivein of ore
• 结脉jié màiknotted or slow pulse (TCM)
• 叶脉yè màivenation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
• 号脉hào màito feel sb's pulse

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 腮sāicheek
• 胲hǎihydroxylamine (chemistry)

Characters that look like 脉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 脓nóngpus
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read mài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卖to sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 麦wheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风
• 迈to take a step; to stride
• 唛mark (loanword); also pr. mà
• 劢put forth effort
• 鿏meitnerium (chemistry)
• 霢used in 霢霂; Taiwan pr. mò
• 霡old variant of 霢