邁 (maai6 | mai4) : stride; advanced in age

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邁

maai6

mai4

[1] [v] stride; step; advance
[2] [adj] advanced in age
[3] [v] go on a long jourey

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Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: (#162)

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

邁 / 迈

This word has been viewed 3844 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Feb 2012 13:36

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年邁 nin4 maai6 nian2 mai4 = old; aged

豪邁 hou4 maai6 hao2 mai4 = bold and generous; heroic

邁進 maai6 zeon3 mai4 jin4 = stride forward; advance ahead

邁亞美 maai6 aa3 mei5 mai4 ya3 mei3 (Taiwan), mai4 ya4 mei3 (PRC) = Miami

邁阿美 maai6 aa3 mei5 = Miami

沙利邁度 saa1 lei6 maai6 dou6 sha1 li4 mai4 du4 = thalidomide

澄邁 cing4 maai6 cheng2 mai4 = Chengmai (place in Hainan)

塞克拉邁 coi3 hak1 laai1 maai6 = cyclamate (as a loanword)

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Decimal representation of this word: 邁
Unicode code for this character: U+9081 (off-site link)

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