mài = m + ai4
surname Mai
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mài = m + ai4
wheat / barley / oats
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How to pronounce 麦

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

麦 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc / see also 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2]
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zhǐ = zh + Ø3
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]
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Characters with 麦 as component

miàn = mi + an4
old variant of 麵|面[mian4]
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= fu + Ø1
variant of 麩|麸[fu1]
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= fu + Ø1
bran
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Words with 麦

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microphone (loanword)
microphone (loanword)

Sentences with 麦

麦 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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mài

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