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麦

mài

HSK 5 Character Traditional 麥

What 麦 means

1. wheat; barley; oats
2. mic (abbr. for {麦克风|mài kè fēng})

Other readings

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

• Màisurname Mai

Example sentences

• 我叫他麦克。
  I call him Mike.
• 麦克是队长。
  Mike is the team's captain.
• 麦克说他会来。
  Màikè shuō tā huì lái.
  Mike said that he would come.
• 麦当娜会唱歌。
  Màidāngnà huì chàng gē.
  Madonna is able to sing.
• 麦格激动不已。
  Meg is filled with excitement.
• 冰岛曾属于丹麦。
  Bīngdǎo céng shǔyú Dānmài.
  Iceland belonged to Denmark.

Words starting with 麦

• 麦克风mài kè fēng(loanword) microphone
• 麦当劳Mài dāng láoMcDonald's (fast food company)
• 麦子mài ziwheat
• 麦加Mài jiāMecca, Saudi Arabia
• 麦穗mài suìear of wheat
• 麦克阿瑟Mài kè ā sèGeneral Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951…
• 麦迪Mài díTracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
• 麦片mài piànoatmeal; rolled oats
• 麦克mài kè(loanword) microphone
• 麦哲伦Mài zhé lúnMagellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
• 麦当娜Mài dāng nàMadonna (1958-), US pop singer
• 麦秸mài jiēstraw from barley or wheat
• 麦可Mài kě(Taiwan) (name) Michael
• 麦角mài jiǎoergot
• 麦道Mài dàoMcDonnell Douglas (plane company)
• 麦酒mài jiǔbeer; ale; (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
• 麦克维mài kè wéi(Timothy) McVeigh
• 麦地那Mài dì nàMedina, Saudi Arabia
• 麦德林Mài dé línMedellín, city in Colombia
• 麦德龙Mài dé lóngMetro supermarket chain (originally German)
• 麦积区Mài jī QūMaiji, a district of Tianshui City 天水市
• 麦纳麦Mài nà màiManama, capital city of Bahrain
• 麦香堡Mài xiāng bǎo(Taiwan; old) Big Mac hamburger (now referred to in Taiwan as 大麦克
• 麦丽素Mài lì sùChinese chocolate-coated confectionery modeled on Maltesers 麦提莎

Words containing 麦

• 小麦xiǎo màiwheat
• 丹麦Dān màiDenmark
• 大麦dà màibarley
• 燕麦yàn màioats
• 荞麦qiáo màibuckwheat
• 全麦quán màiwhole wheat
• 油麦yóu màinaked oat (old)
• 耳麦ěr màiheadphones; earphones
• 连麦lián mài(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using…
• 黑麦hēi màirye (Secale cereale)
• 丹麦包Dān mài bāoDanish pastry
• 大麦克Dà Mài kèBig Mac (McDonald's hamburger) (Tw)
• 大麦地Dà mài dìplace name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of…
• 布格麦bù gé màibulgur (loanword)
• 莱麦丹Lái mài dānRamadan (loanword)
• 开麦拉kāi mài lā(Taiwan; loanword) camera
• 同传耳麦tóng chuán ěr màisimultaneous interpretation headset
• 闭麦bì màito switch one's microphone to "mute"; (fig.) to go silent
• 油麦菜yóu mài càiIndian lettuce
• 斯佩耳特小麦sī pèi ěr tè xiǎo màispelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword)
• 喀麦隆Kā mài lóngCameroon; Taiwan pr. Kà mài lóng
• 春大麦chūn dà màispring barley
• 灰头麦鸡huī tóu mài jī(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
• 浮小麦fú xiǎo màiunripe wheat grain (used in TCM)

Characters that look like 麦

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

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 肴yáomeat dishes; mixed viands
• 吏lìminor government official or functionary (old)

Sounds the same

Read mài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卖to sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 迈to take a step; to stride
• 脉arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 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