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

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

麥 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
jiā = ji + a1
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
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jiá = ji + a2
double-layered / lined (garment)
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jià = ji + a4
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
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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 麥 as component

miàn = mi + an4
variant of 麵|面[mian4]
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mài = m + ai4
mark (loanword) / also pr. [ma4]
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= fu + Ø1
bran
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Words with 麥

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Bismarck (name) / Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
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Sentences with 麥

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mài

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