麦
mài
wheat; barley; oats
surname Mai; mic (abbr. for 麥克風|麦克风[mai4 ke4 feng1])
grain head (龶) + arriving (夂) = wheat that has come to harvest
The original character depicted wheat with its distinctive drooping ears and roots. The arriving element below reinforces the idea of a crop that comes into the field each season, ready to be gathered.
田里种的小麦快熟了。
tián lǐ zhòng de xiǎo mài kuài shú le 。
the wheat planted in the field is almost ripe.
他拿着麦克风站在台上唱歌。
tā ná zhe mài kè fēng zhàn zài tái shàng chàng gē 。
he held a microphone and stood on the stage singing.
Words with 麦
麦德林
mài dé lín
Medellín, city in Colombia
麦克阿瑟
mài kè ā sè
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
麦芽糖
mài yá táng
maltose (sweet syrup)
麦克唐纳
mài kè táng nà
(name) MacDonald or McDonald
连麦
lián mài
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟
dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
针尖儿对麦芒儿
zhēn jiān r duì mài máng r
see 針尖對麥芒|针尖对麦芒[zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2]
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
闭麦
bì mài
to switch one's microphone to "mute"
开麦拉
kāi mài lā
(Tw) (loanword) camera
凤头麦鸡
fèng tóu mài jī
(bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
麦麸
mài fū
wheat bran