麥角

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (麥角)		麥	角
simp. (麦角)		麦	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màijiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-kak / be̍eh-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màijiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màijiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: mài-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayjeau
    • Palladius: майцзяо (majczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ gok³
    • Yale: mahk gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-kak
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqkag
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍eh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: be̍eh-kak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

Noun

麥角

1. (pharmacy) ergot
2. (cooked) rolled oats

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥片 (“rolled oats”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥片
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麥片兒
	Taiwan	麥片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麥粉 dated
	Hong Kong	麥皮
	Taishan	麥皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥角
	Zhangzhou	麥角