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麻

má

HSK 4 Character Traditional 蔴

What 麻 means

1. hemp (variant of {麻|má})

Other readings

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

• mágeneric name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame
• Másurname Ma

Example sentences

• 真麻烦。
  How annoying.
• 他有麻烦。
  He is in trouble.
• 麻烦你啦。
  Sorry to trouble you.
• 麻烦您了。
  Sorry to trouble you.
• 麻烦你了。
  Sorry to trouble you.
• 芝麻开门！
  Open Sesame!

Words starting with 麻

• 麻烦má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb…
• 麻木má mùnumb; insensitive; apathetic
• 麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate…
• 麻痹má bìparalysis; palsy; numbness
• 麻将má jiàngmahjong
• 麻雀má quèsparrow; (dialect) mahjong
• 麻辣má làhot and numbing
• 麻袋má dàisack; burlap bag
• 麻花má huāfried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)…
• 麻利má liswift; agile; efficient
• 麻辣烫má là tànghot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
• 麻子má zipockmark
• 麻药má yàoanesthetic
• 麻木不仁má mù bù rénnumbed; insensitive; apathetic
• 麻油má yóusesame oil
• 麻布má bùsackcloth
• 麻省理工学院Má shěng Lǐ gōng Xué yuànMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 麻疹má zhěnmeasles
• 麻醉剂má zuì jìan anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic
• 麻风病má fēng bìngleprosy; Hansen's disease
• 麻醉药má zuì yàoanesthetic; narcotic
• 麻吉má jí(slang; Taiwan) close friend; best pal; to get along well
• 麻生Má shēngAsō (name); ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister…
• 麻石má shíchiseled stone (used in construction)

Words containing 麻

• 芝麻zhī masesame (seed)
• 密密麻麻mì mi má mánumerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
• 肉麻ròu másickening; corny; sappy
• 大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana
• 发麻fā máto feel numb
• 添麻烦tiān má fanto cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
• 找麻烦zhǎo má fanto look for trouble
• 荨麻疹xún má zhěnurticaria; nettle rash; hives
• 惹麻烦rě má fanto create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
• 亚麻yà máflax
• 心乱如麻xīn luàn rú máone's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused; disconcerted; upset
• 主麻zhǔ má(Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic)…
• 全麻quán mágeneral anesthesia (abbr. for 全身麻醉
• 天麻tiān máGastrodia elata (botany)
• 局麻jú málocal anesthesia (abbr. for 局部麻醉
• 火麻huǒ máhemp
• 种麻zhǒng máfemale hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
• 针麻zhēn máacupuncture anesthesia
• 马麻mǎ má(slang) mama; mom (pun on 妈妈
• 主麻日Zhǔ má rì(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
• 亚麻布yà má bùlinen
• 加麻大Jiā má dà(slang) Canada
• 局麻药jú má yàolocal anesthetic
• 白麻子bái má zipockmark

Characters that look like 麻

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 森sēn(bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 厢xiāngbox (in theater); side room; side

Sounds the same

Read má, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘛used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽; (Taiwan; colloquial) what?
• 么exclamatory final particle
• 吗(colloquial) what?
• 蟆toad
• 痲used in 痲痹; used in 痲风; used in 痲疹