麥

mài = m + ai4

surname Mai

麦 = 龶 + 夂 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).

mài = m + ai4

wheat / barley / oats

麦 = 龶 + 夂 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).

麥 character breakdown

麥
- 夂
  - 丿
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
- 夾
  - 从
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]

夂 = 丿 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: In high heels, one can walk only slowly. James II of England (zh) is wearing high heels (夂) inside the space station's living room (Ø3). He's not only walking slowly (夂), he even slips on a banana (丿)! He's lucky to land on a boxing glove (又) though.

jia̅ = 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]

夹 = 丷 + 夫 : The mean crocodile (丷) is waiting for the bus to go to work in front of the ashram (a1). He prepared to sandwiches (夹) for lunch: One with Joan of Arc (ji) and one with a construction worker (夫).

jiá = ji + a2

double-layered / lined (garment)

jià = ji + a4

Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]

Characters with 麥 as component

miàn = mi + an4

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

miàn = mi + an4

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

surname Qu

mài = m + ai4

mark (loanword) / also pr. [ma4]

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

bran

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

surname Qu

miàn = mi + an4

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

pào = p + ao4

pastry / cake

qù = qu + Ø4

porridge

móu = m + ou2

barley

Words with 麥

Madison (name) / Madison, capital of Wisconsin

rye (Secale cereale)

McDonnell Douglas (plane company)

wheat bran

see 麥金塔電腦|麦金塔电脑[Mai4 jin1 ta3 dian4 nao3]

Macintosh (brand of computers made by Apple) / Mac

dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM

variant of 邁阿密|迈阿密[Mai4 a1 mi4]

mic hog / person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风)

Big Mac hamburger (Tw) (old) / now referred to (in Taiwan) as 大麥克|大麦克[Da4 Mai4 ke4]

(bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley

Sentences with 麥

麥 currently does not appear in any sentence.