麥子

See also: 麦子

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (麥子)		麥	子
simp. (麦子)		麦	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): màizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): mieh⁴ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: mài-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may.tzy
    • Palladius: майцзы (majczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: me² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mez
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ zi²
    • Yale: mahk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 麥子／麦子 墨子

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mieh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

Noun

麥子

1. any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m)
2. grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)

   • 我實實在在地告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。 [MSC, trad.]
     我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 12:24

     Wǒ shíshízàizài de gàosu nǐmen, yī lì màizi bù luò zài dìli sǐ le, réngjiù shì yī lì; ruòshì sǐ le, jiù jié chū xǔduō zǐlì lái. [Pinyin]

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

Synonyms

• (wheat):

Dialectal synonyms of 麥子 (“wheat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥, 麥子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麥子
	Harbin	麥子
	Singapore	麥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麥子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	麥子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麥子
	Wanrong	麥
	Xi'an	麥
	Xining	麥子
	Xuzhou	麥
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麥子
	Lanzhou	麥子
	Ürümqi	麥子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麥子
	Wuhan	麥子
	Guiyang	麥子
	Liuzhou	麥子
	Nanning (Wuming)	麥, 麥子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麥子
	Yangzhou	麥子
	Hefei	麥子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麥
	Hong Kong	麥
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	麥
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	麥
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	麥
	Dongguan	麥
	Yangjiang	麥
	Nanning	麥
	Wuzhou	麥
	Yulin	麥
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	麥
	Hepu (Shatian)	麥
	Beihai	麥
	Beihai (Nankang)	禾麥
	Beihai (Yingpan)	禾麥
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麥
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	麥
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麥
	Móng Cái	麥
Gan	Nanchang	麥子
	Lichuan	麥子
	Pingxiang	麥子
Hakka	Meixian	麥仔, 小冬
	Yudu	麥子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥
	Hong Kong	麥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	麥
	Senai (Huiyang)	麥
Huizhou	Jixi	麥
Jin	Taiyuan	麥子
	Xinzhou	麥子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	麥仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	麥
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥, 麥仔
	Quanzhou	麥
	Zhangzhou	麥仔
	Zhao'an	麥
	Taipei	麥仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	麥仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	麥仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	麥仔
	Kaohsiung	麥仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	麥仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	麥仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	麥仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	麥仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	麥仔
	Tainan (Anping)	麥仔
	Kinmen	麥
	Penghu (Magong)	麥
	Penang (Hokkien)	麥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麥
	Manila (Hokkien)	麥
	Chaozhou	麥
	Shantou	麥
	Jieyang	麥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	麥
	Leizhou	麥
	Haikou	麥
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	麥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麥
Wu	Shanghai	麥
	Suzhou	麥
	Danyang	麥
	Hangzhou	麥子
	Ningbo	麥
	Wenzhou	麥
	Jinhua	麥
Xiang	Changsha	麥子
	Loudi	麥子
	Shuangfeng	麥子
	Quanzhou	麥子

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡝ (maise)