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麦克风

mài kè fēng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word Traditional 麥克風

麦克风 (mài kè fēng) means "microphone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 麦克风 means

1. loanwordmicrophone

The characters in 麦克风

• 麦màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风
• 克kèto be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 风fēngwind; news; style

Example sentences

• 探头配有麦克风。
  Tàntóu pèi yǒu màikèfēng.
  The probe is equipped with a microphone.
• 我把麦克风递给他。
  Wǒ bǎ màikèfēng dì gěi tā.
  I handed the mike to him.
• 汤姆把手放在麦克风上。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ shǒu fàng zài màikèfēng shàng.
  Tom put his hand over the microphone.
• 刚才我的麦克风没起作用，不知道为什么。
  Gāngcái wǒ de màikèfēng méi qǐzuòyòng, bù zhīdào wèishénme.
  For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.
• 自从执行长无意被麦克风录到说出种族歧视言论，整个公关团队就一直在忙着善后。
  Ever since the CEO was caught saying racial slurs on a hot mic, the whole PR team has been doing damage control.

Where 麦克风 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Technology & Digital Tools (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mài kè fēng correctly.
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