wheat; barley; general term for cereal crops

Animated Stroke Order 麦

麦 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 麦

麦 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
měi
tiān
zǎo
shàng
dōu
chī
mài
piàn

I eat cereal every morning.

2
qǐng
mài
fēng
gěi
yǎn
jiǎng
zhě

Please pass the microphone to the speaker.

3
zhè
piàn
tián
zhǒng
mǎn
le
xiǎo
mài

This field is full of wheat.

4
zhè
shì
xiǎo
mài

This is wheat.

5
nóng
mín
zài
tián
zhǒng
xiǎo
mài

Farmers plant wheat in the fields.

6
xiǎo
mài
yòng
lái
zuò
miàn
bāo
huó
miàn
tiáo

Wheat can be used to make bread and noodles.

7
zhè
shì
mài
fēng

This is a microphone.

8
yòng
mài
fēng
chàng

He sings with a microphone.

9
yǎn
jiǎng
zhě
tiáo
zhěng
le
mài
fēng
de
yīn
liàng

The speaker adjusted the volume of the microphone.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes7
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#1939
Zhuyinㄇㄞˋ
Components
UnicodeU+9EA6
CangjieQME
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality