麥塊

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (麥塊)		麥	塊
simp. (麦块)		麦	块

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màikuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màikuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màikuài
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: Mài-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maykuay
    • Palladius: Майкуай (Majkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

麥塊

1. (Taiwan, informal) Minecraft (a sandbox video game)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 我的世界 (Wǒ de Shìjiè)
• (Hong Kong, Taiwan) 當個創世神／当个创世神 (Dāng ge Chuàngshìshén)