麦 mài

wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of KangXi radical number 199

HSK 5 #1171

DEFINITIONS

  • wheat, barley, oats
  • simplified form of KangXi radical number 199
  • surname Mai
  • wheat
  • barley
  • oats

STROKES

WORDS

浮小麦 fú xiǎo mài unripe wheat grain (used in TCM)
灰头麦鸡 huī tóu mài jī (bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
烧麦 shāo mài shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]
燕麦粥 yàn mài zhōu oatmeal; porridge
番麦 fān mài corn (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
糯麦 nuò mài glutinous barley
耳麦 ěr mài headphones; earphones
肉垂麦鸡 ròu chuí mài jī (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
莜麦 yóu mài naked oat (Avena nuda)
莜麦菜 yóu mài cài variant of 油麥菜|油麦菜[you2 mai4 cai4]
莱麦丹 lái mài dān Ramadan (loanword)
蒸粗麦粉 zhēng cū mài fěn couscous
藜麦 lí mài quinoa
赫曼・麦尔维尔 hè màn ・ mài ěr wéi ěr Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[bai2 jing1]
距翅麦鸡 jù chì mài jī (bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
连麦 lián mài (of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
道格拉斯・麦克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī ・ mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
针尖儿对麦芒儿 zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2]
针尖对麦芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
开麦拉 kāi mài lā camera (loanword)
凤头麦鸡 fèng tóu mài jī (bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
麦克德莫特 mài kè dé mò tè McDermott (name)
麦克白夫人 mài kè bái fū ren Lady Macbeth
麦克笔 mài kè bǐ marker pen (loanword)
麦克米兰 mài kè mǐ lán McMillan or MacMillan (name); Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
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