Usage of the character 麦
Mài
麦
[麥]
- surname Mai
mài
麦
[麥]
- wheat; barley; oats
- mic (abbr. for 麥克風／麦克风 (màikèfèng))
màipēi
麦胚
[麥胚]
- wheat germ
Dānmài
丹麦
[丹麥]
- Denmark
Màijī
麦积
[麥積]
- Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市 ( Tiānshuǐshì), Gansu
Màidào
麦道
[麥道]
- McDonnell Douglas (plane company)
Màikè
麦克
[麥克]
- Mike (name)
màidōng
麦冬
[麥冬]
- dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM
fānmài
番麦
[番麥]
- corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. (huan-be̍h))
Màikuài
麦块
[麥塊]
- (Tw) Minecraft
ěrmài
耳麦
[耳麥]
- headphones
- earphones
yóumài
莜麦
[莜麥]
- naked oat (Avena nuda)
Màikě
麦可
[麥可]
- Mike (name)
màijiē
麦秸
[麥秸]
- straw from barley or wheat
Màidí
麦迪
[麥迪]
- Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
màifū
麦稃
[麥稃]
- barley husk
màiyá
麦芽
[麥芽]
- malt
luǒmài
裸麦
[裸麥]
- rye (Secale cereale)
Màijiā
麦加
[麥加]
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
màisuì
麦穗
[麥穗]
- ear of wheat
màipiàn
麦片
[麥片]
- oatmeal
- rolled oats
hēimài
黑麦
[黑麥]
- rye (Secale cereale)
liánmài
连麦
[連麥]
- (of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
màibà
麦霸
[麥霸]
- mic hog
- person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風／麦克风)
yànmài
燕麦
[燕麥]
- oats
dàmài
大麦
[大麥]
- barley
màiqiū
麦秋
[麥秋]
- harvest season
xiǎomài
小麦
[小麥]
- wheat
- CL:粒 (lì)
màijiǔ
麦酒
[麥酒]
- beer; ale
- (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
nuòmài
糯麦
[糯麥]
- glutinous barley
qiáomài
荞麦
[蕎麥]
- buckwheat
màikè
麦克
[麥克]
- microphone (loanword)
màizi
麦子
[麥子]
- wheat
- CL:株 (zhū)
Màiliáo
麦寮
[麥寮]
- Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣／云林县 ( Yúnlínxiàn), Taiwan
shāomài
烧麦
[燒麥]
- shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
- also written 燒賣／烧卖 (shāomài)
màijiǎo
麦角
[麥角]
- ergot
límài
藜麦
[藜麥]
- quinoa
màifū
麦麸
[麥麩]
- wheat bran
quánmài
全麦
[全麥]
- whole wheat
yóumài
油麦
[油麥]
- naked oat (old)
màijiā
麦枷
[麥枷]
- flail
- to thresh (using a flail)
Màinàmǎ
麦纳玛
[麥納瑪]
- Manama, capital of Bahrain (Tw)
kāimàilā
开麦拉
[開麥拉]
- camera (loanword)
Kāmàilóng
喀麦隆
[喀麥隆]
- Cameroon
- Taiwan pr. ( Kàmàilong)
yóumàicài
油麦菜
[油麥菜]
- Indian lettuce
màiyátáng
麦芽糖
[麥芽糖]
- maltose (sweet syrup)
Màikěnxī
麦肯锡
[麥肯錫]
- MacKenzie
- McKinsey
màikèbǐ
麦克笔
[麥克筆]
- marker pen (loanword)
chūndàmài
春大麦
[春大麥]
- spring barley
màirǔjīng
麦乳精
[麥乳精]
- malt milk extract
yànmàizhōu
燕麦粥
[燕麥粥]
- oatmeal
- porridge
Láimàidān
莱麦丹
[萊麥丹]
- Ramadan (loanword)
Dānmàibāo
丹麦包
[丹麥包]
- Danish pastry
Màijīntǎ
麦金塔
[麥金塔]
- see 麥金塔電腦／麦金塔电脑 ( Màijīntǎdiànnǎo)
Màijīqū
麦积区
[麥積區]
- Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市 ( Tiānshuǐshì), Gansu
Màinàmài
麦纳麦
[麥納麥]
- Manama, capital city of Bahrain
Màigětí
麦盖提
[麥蓋提]
- Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang
Màizhélún
麦哲伦
[麥哲倫]
- Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
Màixiāngbǎo
麦香堡
[麥香堡]
- (Tw) (old) Big Mac hamburger (now referred to in Taiwan as 大麥克／大麦克 ( Dà Màikè))
màikèwéi
麦克维
[麥克維]
- (Timothy) McVeigh
Màidélín
麦德林
[麥德林]
- Medellín, city in Colombia
Màidìnà
麦地那
[麥地那]
- Medina, Saudi Arabia
Màidéméng
麦德蒙
[麥德蒙]
- McDermott (name)
màilìzhǒng
麦粒肿
[麥粒腫]
- sty (eyelid swelling)
bùgémài
布格麦
[布格麥]
- bulgur (loanword)
dàmàitǐng
大麦町
[大麥町]
- Dalmatian (dog breed)
màikèfēng
麦克风
[麥克風]
- (loanword) microphone
Màiliáoxiāng
麦寮乡
[麥寮鄉]
- Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣／云林县 ( Yúnlínxiàn), Taiwan
Màikǎi'ēn
麦凯恩
[麥凱恩]
- McCain (name)
- John McCain (1936-2018), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona 1987-2018
Bǐsīmài
俾斯麦
[俾斯麥]
- Bismarck (name)
- Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
màiqílín
麦淇淋
[麥淇淋]
- margarine (loanword)
Màidāngnà
麦当娜
[麥當娜]
- Madonna (1958-), US pop singer
Màidāngláo
麦当劳
[麥當勞]
- MacDonald or McDonald (name)
- McDonald's (fast food company)
fúxiǎomài
浮小麦
[浮小麥]
- unripe wheat grain (used in TCM)
Màikèbái
麦克白
[麥克白]
- Macbeth (name)
- Macbeth, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚
Màidélóng
麦德龙
[麥德龍]
- Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
Màidíxùn
麦迪逊
[麥迪遜]
- Madison (name)
- Madison, capital of Wisconsin
Dà Màikè
大麦克
[大麥克]
- Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger) (Tw)
yóumàicài
莜麦菜
[莜麥菜]
- variant of 油麥菜／油麦菜 (yóumàicài)
Dàmàidì
大麦地
[大麥地]
- place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters
Mài'āmì
麦阿密
[麥阿密]
- variant of 邁阿密／迈阿密 ( Mài'āmì)
màiméndōng
麦门冬
[麥門冬]
- dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM
huángjiámàijī
黄颊麦鸡
[黃頰麥雞]
- (bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
Màigětíxiàn
麦盖提县
[麥蓋提縣]
- Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang
ròuchuímàijī
肉垂麦鸡
[肉垂麥雞]
- (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
Màikèsīwéi
麦克斯韦
[麥克斯韋]
- Maxwell (name)
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
màiyátángchún
麦芽糖醇
[麥芽糖醇]
- maltitol, a sugar alcohol
Màikè'āsè
麦克阿瑟
[麥克阿瑟]
- General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
màiyáhújīng
麦芽糊精
[麥芽糊精]
- maltodextrin
bùbiànshūmài
不辨菽麦
[不辨菽麥]
- lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
Màikèmǐlán
麦克米兰
[麥克米蘭]
- McMillan or MacMillan (name)
- Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
Mài'ěrwéi'ěr
麦尔维尔
[麥爾維爾]
- Melville (name)
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨／白鲸 ( Báijing)
zhēngcūmàifěn
蒸粗麦粉
[蒸粗麥粉]
- couscous
màisīkǎlín
麦司卡林
[麥司卡林]
- mescaline (loanword)
xiǎomàipēiyá
小麦胚芽
[小麥胚芽]
- wheat germ
Màikǎisīlíng
麦凯斯菱
[麥凱斯菱]
- rhombus of Michaelis (anatomy)
Màishìzéi'ōu
麦氏贼鸥
[麥氏賊鷗]
- (bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
tóngchuán'ěrmài
同传耳麦
[同傳耳麥]
- simultaneous interpretation headset
huītóumàijī
灰头麦鸡
[灰頭麥雞]
- (bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
màitiánguàiquān
麦田怪圈
[麥田怪圈]
- crop circle
fèngtóumàijī
凤头麦鸡
[鳳頭麥雞]
- (bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
jùchìmàijī
距翅麦鸡
[距翅麥雞]
- (bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
Màijīntǎdiànnǎo
麦金塔电脑
[麥金塔電腦]
- Macintosh (brand of computers made by Apple)
- Mac
zhēnjiānduìmàimáng
针尖对麦芒
[針尖對麥芒]
- sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
Màidāngláo Shūshu
麦当劳叔叔
[麥當勞叔叔]
- Ronald McDonald
Màikǎxīzhǔyì
麦卡锡主义
[麥卡錫主義]
- McCarthyism
Màikèdémòtè
麦克德莫特
[麥克德莫特]
- McDermott (name)
Màikèbái Fūren
麦克白夫人
[麥克白夫人]
- Lady Macbeth
Màijī Shān Shíkū
麦积山石窟
[麥積山石窟]
- Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu
Dà Màikè Zhǐshù
大麦克指数
[大麥克指數]
- see 巨無霸漢堡包指數／巨无霸汉堡包指数 ( Jùwúbàhànbǎobāo Zhǐshù)
sīpèi'ěrtèxiǎomài
斯佩耳特小麦
[斯佩耳特小麥]
- spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword)
Hèmàn· Mài'ěrwéi'ěr
赫曼·麦尔维尔
[赫曼·麥爾維爾]
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨／白鲸 ( Báijing)
zhēnjiānrduìmàimángr
针尖儿对麦芒儿
[針尖兒對麥芒兒]
- see 針尖對麥芒／针尖对麦芒 (zhēnjiānduìmàimáng)
Màidíxùnhuāyuánguǎngchǎng
麦迪逊花园广场
[麥迪遜花園廣場]
- Madison Square Garden
Màidíxùn Guǎngchǎng Huāyuán
麦迪逊广场花园
[麥迪遜廣場花園]
- Madison Square Garden
Dàogélāsī· Màikè'āsè
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟
[道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟]
- General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war