麦 - Mài - Chinese Character Definition, English Meaning And Stroke ...

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Definition

1. wheat
2. barley
3. oats
4. radical (Kang Xi 199)

Character Decomposition

麦 = 龶 + 夂

Compounds (2)

唛 mài mark (loanword); also pr. [ma4] 麸 fū bran

Related words (54)

麦克 mài kè microphone (loanword) 麦子 mài zi wheat 麦枷 mài jiā flail; to thresh (using a flail) 麦片 mài piàn oatmeal; rolled oats 麦秋 mài qiū harvest season 麦秸 mài jiē straw from barley 麦稃 mài fū barley husk 麦穗 mài suì ear of wheat 麦胚 mài pēi wheat germ 麦芽 mài yá malt 麦角 mài jiǎo ergot 麦酒 mài jiǔ wine from grain; ale 麦霸 mài bà mic hog; person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风) 麦麸 mài fū wheat bran 麦乳精 mài rǔ jīng malt milk extract 麦克笔 mài kè bǐ marker pen (loanword) 麦克维 mài kè wéi (Timothy) McVeigh 麦克风 mài kè fēng microphone (loanword) 麦淇淋 mài qí lín margarine (loanword) 麦科里 mài kē lǐ (Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson) 麦粒肿 mài lì zhǒng sty (eyelid swelling) 麦芽糖 mài yá táng maltose (sweet syrup) 麦司卡林 mài sī kǎ lín mescaline (loanword) 麦田怪圈 mài tián guài quān crop circle 麦芽糊精 mài yá hú jīng maltodextrin 麦芽糖醇 mài yá táng chún maltitol, a sugar alcohol 全麦 quán mài whole wheat 大麦 dà mài barley 小麦 xiǎo mài wheat 油麦 yóu mài naked oat (old) 烧麦 shāo mài shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 烧卖 燕麦 yàn mài oats 番麦 fān mài corn (Taiwanese) 糯麦 nuò mài glutinous barley 耳麦 ěr mài headphones; headset; earphones 荞麦 qiáo mài buckwheat 莜麦 yóu mài naked oat (Avena nuda) 藜麦 lí mài quinoa 裸麦 luǒ mài rye (Secale cereale) 黑麦 hēi mài rye (Secale cereale) 开麦拉 kāi mài lā camera (loanword) 春大麦 chūn dà mài spring barley 浮小麦 fú xiǎo mài unripe wheat grain (used in TCM) 燕麦粥 yàn mài zhōu oatmeal; porridge 凤头麦鸡 fèng tóu mài jī (bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) 同传耳麦 tóng chuán ěr mài simultaneous interpretation headset 小麦胚芽 xiǎo mài pēi yá wheat germ 灰头麦鸡 huī tóu mài jī (bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) 肉垂麦鸡 ròu chuí mài jī (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) 蒸粗麦粉 zhēng cū mài fěn couscous 距翅麦鸡 jù chì mài jī (bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) 黄颊麦鸡 huáng jiá mài jī (bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) 斯佩耳特小麦 sī pèi ěr tè xiǎo mài spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword) 针尖儿对麦芒儿 zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r see 针尖对麦芒

Idioms (2)

不辨菽麦 bù biàn shū mài (lit.) cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters 针尖对麦芒 zhēn jiān duì mài máng sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)

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