麦
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
mài mai4
- wheat; barley; oats
- mic (abbr. for 麦克风 mài kè fēng)
- surname Mai
Example sentences
- xiàndài 现代 de 的 jiànkāng 健康 yǐnshí 饮食 zhuānjiā 专家 qiángdiào 强调 yào 要 chī 吃 quán 全 mài 麦 miànbāo 面包 , duō 多 chī 吃 shūcài 蔬菜 。Modern healthy eating experts put emphasis on eating wholemeal bread and eating more vegetables.
- Can you tell wheat from barley?
- How's the breakfast at McDonald's?
HSK words with 麦
More words with 麦
- 大麦 dàmài barley
- 麦子 màizi wheat
- 麦克 màikè (loanword) microphone
- 黑麦 hēimài rye (Secale cereale)
- 麦角 màijiǎo ergot
- 全麦 quánmài whole wheat
- 油麦 yóumài naked oat (old)
- 麦酒 màijiǔ beer; ale
- 连麦 liánmài (of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
- 麦片 màipiàn oatmeal