脈 (mak6 maak6 | mai4 mo4 ) : blood vessel; pulse; affectionate

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脈

mak6 maak6

mai4 mo4

(jyutping) mak6, (pinyin) mai4
[1] blood vessel; arteries and veins
[2] pulse (of blood vessel)
[3] blood-vessel-like network, e.g. mountain range; stems of a leaf, wings of insects

(jyutping) mak6, (pinyin) mo4
affectionate; amorous; loving

Jyutping mak6 is the literary pronunciation; maak6 the colloquial. At present, maak6 is losing out to mak6 even in colloquial context.

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

脈 / 脉

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Sep 2010 14:48

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山脈 saan1 mak6 shan1 mai4 = mountain range

動脈 dung6 mak6 dong4 mai4 = artery

把脈 baa2 mak6 = feel pulse

脈門 mak6 mun4 mai4 men2 = location near wrist for feeling pulse

脈搏 mak6 bok3 mai4 bo2 = pulse

命脈 ming6 mak6 ming4 mai4 = lifeline

按脈 on3 mak6 an4 mai4 = to feel (take) the pulse

脈搏率 mak6 bok3 leot6 mai4 bo2 lv4 = pulse rate

葉脈 jip6 mak6 ye4 mai4 = large veins

靜脈 zing6 mak6 jing4 mai4 = veins
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 37 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 脈
Unicode code for this character: U+8108 (off-site link)

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