麥 (mak6 maak6 | mai4) : wheat; barley; oats; rye; Chinese surname

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麥

mak6 maak6

mai4

[1] wheat; barley; oats; rye
[2] a Chinese surname

(Classifier(s): 粒, 捆)

Jyutping mak6 is literary reading; maak6 is colloquial. The former is far more popular and has been used in most colloquial context.

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: (#199)

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

麥 / 麦

This word has been viewed 14147 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Oct 2016 22:10

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麥片 mak6 pin3*2 mai4 pian4 = rolled oats; oatmeal; wheat flakes

麥皮 mak6 pei4 mai4 pi2 = oatmeal

小麥 siu2 mak6 xiao3 mai4 = wheat

丹麥 daan1 mak6 dan1 mai4 = Denmark

老麥 lou5 mak6*2 lao3 mai4 = McDonald's restaurant 粵

麥粉 mak6 fan2 = flour

大麥 daai6 mak6 = barley

蕎麥 kiu4 mak6 = buckwheat

麥芽糖 mak6 ngaa4 tong4*2 mai4 ya2 tang2 = maltose

蕎麥麵 kiu4 mak6 min6 qiao2 mai4 mian4 = buckwheat noodle

油麥菜 jau4 mak6 coi3 you2 mai4 cai4 = Indian lettuce; A choy - Taiwan lettuce; sword leaf lettuce; Yu Mai Tsai

不辨菽麥 bat1 bin6 suk6 mak6 bu4 bian4 shu1 mai4 = be unable to tell beans from wheat - have no knowledge of practical matters 國

麥菜 mak6 coi3 = kale

麥當勞 mak6 dong1 lou4 mai4 dang1 lao2 = McDonald's

麥記 mak6 gei3 mai4 ji4 = McDonald's 粵

麥芽 mak6 ngaa4 mai4 ya2 = a wheat sprout; malt

春小麥 ceon1 siu2 mak6 chun1 xiao3 mai4 = spring wheat

麥克風 mak1 hak1 fung1 mai4 ke4 feng1 = microphone

開麥拉 hoi1 mak6 laa1 kai1 mai4 la1 = camera run! ; start shooting (a movie)

麥麩 mak6 fu1 = wheat bran

麥仔茶 mak6 zai2 caa4 = barley tea; barley drink

麥淇淋 mak6 kei4 lam4 mai4 qi2 lin2 = margarine

麥豆 maak6/mak6 dau6*2 = peas 粵

燕麥 jin3 mak6 yan4 mai4 = common oats

黑麥 hak1 mak6 hei1 mai4 = rye

麥穗 mak6 seoi6 mai4 sui4 = ear of wheat

麥當當 maak6 dong1 dong1 mai4 dang1 dang1 = McDonald's 粵

喀麥隆 haak3 mak6 lung4 ka1 mai4 long2 = Cameroon

麥吉爾大學 mak6 gat1 ji5 daai6 hok6 mai4 ji2 er3 da4 xue2 = McGill University

麥基爾大學 mak6 gei1 ji5 daai6 hok6 mai4 ji1 er3 da4 xue2 = McGill University

麥克 mak6 hak1 mai4 ke4 = Mike, Michael (translit.)

麥兜 mak6 dau1 = Mai Dou, Mc Dull (HK cartoon character)

麥香雞餐 mak6 hoeng1 gai1 caan1 = McChicken Sandwich Meal

麥樂雞餐 mak6 lok6 gai1 caan1 = Chicken McNuggets Meal

麥嘜 mak6 mak1 = McMug (cartoon character)

雞蛋麥克松餅 gai1 daan6*2 mak6 hak1 cung4 beng2 = Egg McMuffin

麥麥送 mak6 mak6 sung3 = McDelivery 粵

麥玲玲 mak6 ling4 ling4 mai4 ling2 ling2 = Mak Ling Ling, Mai Ling Ling

藜麥 lai4 maak6 li2 mai4 = quinoa

麥嘉 mak6 gaa1 mai4 jia1 = Karl Maka

麥海珊 mak6 hoi2 saan1 mai4 hai3 shan1 = Mac Hoi San

麥文威 mak6 man4 wai1 mai4 wen2 wei1 = Jimmy Mak (a.k.a, Mak Man Wai)

麥當勞叔叔 mak6 dong1 lou4 suk1 suk1 mai4 dang1 lao2 shu1 shu5 = Ronald McDonald, McDonald's mascot

麥道夫 mak6 dou6 fu1 mai4 dao4 fu1 = (Bernard) Madoff

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+9ea5 (off-site link)

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