麥

See also: 麦

麥	U+9EA5, 麥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA5

← 麤
[U+9EA4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

麦 →
[U+9EA6]

⿆	U+2FC6, ⿆ KANGXI RADICAL WHEAT

← ⿅
[U+2FC5]

Kangxi Radicals

⿇ →
[U+2FC7]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 199 麥

麥 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十人弓戈 (JONI), four-corner 4020₇, composition ⿱來夂)

Kangxi radical #199, ⿆.

Derived characters[edit]

Appendix:Chinese radical/麥
𠍅, 嘜, 𫝾, 𫆯, 𬗴, 䥑, 𮩍, 䮮, 𪄳, 𫉍, 䨫, 𫭑

References[edit]

KangXi: page 1512, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47717
Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 1
Unihan data for U+9EA5

Chinese[edit]

trad.		麥
simp.		麦^*
alternative forms		麦

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 麥
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (來) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
來	*m·rɯːɡ
萊	rɯː, rɯːs
淶	*rɯː
徠	rɯː, rɯːs
崍	*rɯː
郲	rɯː, ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
騋	*rɯː
猍	*rɯː
鯠	*rɯː
鶆	*rɯː
庲	*rɯː
棶	*rɯː
斄	rɯː, rɯ
逨	rɯː, rɯːs
麳	*rɯː
唻	rɯːʔ, rrɯː
賚	*rɯːs
睞	*rɯːs
勑	*rɯːs
誺	rɯːs, r̥ʰɯ, r̥ʰɯs, r̥ʰɯs
倈	*rɯ
憖	*ŋrɯns
猌	*ŋrɯns
麥	*mrɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯːɡ): phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic 夊 (“foot; to walk slowly”). 來 was the original character for “wheat”. Several possible interpretations:

This character originally meant “to come”. Because the simpler 來 was commonly used for this (borrowed) sense, its original meaning (“wheat”) switched with 麥.
夊 represents the ancient concept that wheat came from the heavens.
夊 represents growth of the wheat plant.

Etymology[edit]

Etymologically unrelated to 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ, “to come”). Schuessler (2007) suggests it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k) (“buckwheat”) and cognate with Tibetan བྲ་བོ (bra bo, “buckwheat”); also compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *g-ra² (“buckwheat”). STEDT compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bra (“buckwheat”) (provisional).

Starostin (2009), on the other hand, compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”), Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”), Old Japanese 麦 (mugi₁, “wheat; barley”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mài, mò (mai⁴, mo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ, ㄇㄛˋ

(Chengdu, SP): me²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mak⁶, maak⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): mak⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): mah⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ma̍k

(Meixian, Guangdong): mag⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): mieh⁴
Min Bei (KCR): mà
Min Dong (BUC): măk / mĕk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): be̍h / be̍eh / be̍k / bia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhêh⁸
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁸maq
Xiang (Wiktionary): me⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mài
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴
  - Yale: mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
  - Palladius: май (maj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴
  - Yale: mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: me²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶, maak⁶
  - Yale: mahk, maahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹, maak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶, mag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/

Note: maak6 - variant.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mak⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbak̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: mag
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mag⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mag⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁴²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: măk / mĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʔ⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵/

Note:

măk - vernacular;
mĕk - literary.

Min Nan

(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h
- Tâi-lô: be̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: beh
- IPA (Singapore): /beʔ⁴³/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /beʔ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /beʔ⁴/
(Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍eh
- Tâi-lô: be̍eh
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛʔ¹²¹/
(Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
- Tâi-lô: bi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: bek
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
(Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k
- Tâi-lô: bia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: biak
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /biak̚²⁴/

Note:

be̍h/be̍eh - vernacular (including surname);
be̍k/bia̍k - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhêh⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: be̍h
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /beʔ⁴/

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wugniu: ⁸maq
- Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁵maq
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʔ¹²/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: me⁶
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤ̞²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 麥
Mandarin	Beijing	/mai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/mai⁵³/
	Jinan	/mei²¹/
	Qingdao	/me⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/mei²¹/
	Xining	/mɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mia¹³/ /mɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mai²¹³/ /mei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/mɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/me³¹/
	Guiyang	/mɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/mə³¹/
	Nanjing	/məʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/mɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/miʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/miaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/maʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/mɑʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/mɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ma²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/mɛ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/ma¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/mə²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/mai²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɑʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/mak̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/mɑk̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐk̚²/
	Nanning	/mɐk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/mɐk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/bik̚⁵/ /beʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/maʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ma⁴²/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/beʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/vɛ³³/

Middle Chinese: meak

Rime
Character	麥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫獲切
Baxter	meak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/mɛk̚/
Wang Li	/mæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mài
Middle Chinese	‹ mɛk ›
Old Chinese	/m-rˁək/ (dialect: m-rˁ > *mˁr-)
English	wheat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麥
Reading #	1/1
No.	7630
Phonetic component	來
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	麥
Old Chinese	/*mrɯːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

麥

general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.
(specifically) wheat
(Hainanese) corn; maize
Short for 麥克風／麦克风 (màikèfēng, “microphone”).
Short for 麥克斯韋／麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi).
a surname
- 小生繆姓蓮仙字，為憶多情妓女麥氏秋娟。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  小生缪姓莲仙字，为忆多情妓女麦氏秋娟。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 客途秋恨
  siu² sang¹ mau⁶ sing³ lin⁴ sin¹ zi⁶, wai⁶ jik¹ do¹ cing⁴ gei⁶ neoi⁵ mak⁶ si⁶ cau¹ gyun¹. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms[edit]

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥, 麥子
Mandarin	Beijing	麥子
	Harbin	麥子
	Yantai (Muping)	麥子
	Jinan	麥子
	Luoyang	麥子
	Wanrong	麥
	Xi'an	麥
	Yinchuan	麥子
	Lanzhou	麥子
	Xining	麥子
	Ürümqi	麥子
	Wuhan	麥子
	Chengdu	麥子
	Guiyang	麥子
	Liuzhou	麥子
	Nanning (Wuming)	麥, 麥子
	Xuzhou	麥
	Yangzhou	麥子
	Nanjing	麥子
	Hefei	麥子
	Singapore	麥
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
Jin	Xinzhou	麥子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	麥仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	麥
Min Nan	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

Dialectal synonyms of 玉米 (“corn; maize”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玉米, 玉蜀黍
Taxonomic name		玉米, 玉蜀黍
Mandarin	Beijing	老玉米, 玉米, 棒子, 老棒子, 老玉麥
	Taiwan	玉米
	Tianjin	玉米, 棒子
	Ulanhot	包米
	Tongliao	包米
	Chifeng	玉米, 包米, 棒子
	Bayanhot	玉米
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	包米
	Harbin	玉米, 包米
	Shenyang	玉米, 包米
	Yantai (Muping)	棒棒兒, 包兒米, 玉米
	Qingdao	玉米, 包米兒, 包米
	Jinan	玉米, 棒子
	Luoyang	棒子, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 蜀黍, 玉蜀黍兒, 老玉米, 玉米
	Wanrong	玉䵚秫, 玉米
	Zhengzhou	玉蜀黍
	Xi'an	玉米, 包穀, 玉麥
	Yinchuan	玉米
	Lanzhou	包穀
	Xining	包穀, 包穀棒子
	Ürümqi	包穀, 包米
	Jimsar	包穀
	Wuhan	包穀, 玉米
	Huanggang	玉榴
	Chengdu	玉麥, 玉米, 包穀
	Guiyang	包穀
	Kunming	包穀, 玉麥
	Guilin	包穀, 玉米
	Liuzhou	玉米, 包穀
	Xuzhou	棒子, 玉秫秫, 大秫秫, 玉米棒子
	Yangzhou	玉蘆書, 棒頭
	Nanjing	包蘆, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 玉米
	Hefei	六穀, 玉米
	Nantong	玉米
	Malaysia	玉米
	Singapore	玉米
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	玉米
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	包米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粟米, 包粟
	Hong Kong	粟米, 包粟
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	包粟
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	粟米
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	包粟
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	包粟
	Macau	粟米
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粟米
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	包粟
	Foshan	粟米
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粟米
	Foshan (Shunde)	粟米
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粟米
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粟米
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	粟米
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粟米
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粟米
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粟米
	Taishan	粟米
	Kaiping (Chikan)	粟米
	Enping (Niujiang)	包粟
	Heshan (Yayao)	粟米
	Dongguan	包粟, 粟米
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	包粟
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	包粟
	Shaoguan	包粟
	Yunfu	包粟
	Yangjiang	珍珠粟
	Xinyi	包粟, 飯包粟
	Lianjiang	粟米, 包粟
	Nanning	玉米, 包粟
	Wuzhou	玉米, 包粟
	Yulin	包粟
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	包粟
	Hepu (Shatian)	包粟, 粟包, 粟米
	Baise	粟米, 包粟
	Beihai	包粟
	Beihai (Nankang)	包粟
	Beihai (Yingpan)	包粟
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	粟包
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	粟包
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	粟包
	Danzhou	包麥
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	番麥
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	包粟, 楂弓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	粟米, 𥟼
	Móng Cái	粟包, 梧
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	粟米
Gan	Nanchang	玉米
	Lichuan	包粟, 金豆
	Pingxiang	包粟
Hakka	Meixian	包粟
	Xingning	包粟
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	包粟, 包粟米
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	包粟
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	包粟
	Huiyang	包粟
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	包粟
	Huidong (Daling)	包粟
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	包粟
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	包粟
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	包粟
	Boluo (Bendihua)	包粟
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	包粟
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	包粟
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	包粟
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	包粟
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	包粟
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	包粟
	Wuhua (Changbu)	包粟
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	包粟
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	包粟
	Zijin	包粟
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	包粟
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	包粟
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	包粟
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	包粟
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	粟米, 包粟
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	包粟
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	包粟
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	包粟
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	包粟
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	包麥
	Liannan	包麥
	Conghua (Lütian)	包粟
	Jiexi	包粟
	Changting	包粟
	Wuping	包粟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	包粟
	Ninghua	包鬚
	Yudu	包粟
	Ruijin	包粟
	Shicheng	包粟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	包粟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	包粟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	包粟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	包粟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	包粟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	包粟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番麥
	Hong Kong	包粟
	Luchuan	包粟
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	包粟
	Sabah (Longchuan)	包粟
	Senai (Huiyang)	包粟
	Kuching (Hepo)	包粟
	Singkawang	包粟
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	包粟, ข้าวโพด
Huizhou	Jixi	包蘿
	Shexian	包蘆
	Tunxi	包蘿, 包蘿兒
	Xiuning	包蘆
	Yixian	包蘆, 金蘆
	Qimen	包蘆
	Wuyuan	包蘿
	Fuliang	玉米
	Dexing	包粟
	Jingde	包蘆
	Shitai (Xianyu)	包蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	玉茭子
	Pingyao	玉䵚黍, 玉茭子, 玉茭
	Xinzhou	玉茭子
	Taibus (Baochang)	棒子
	Linhe	玉茭子
	Jining	玉茭茭
	Hohhot	玉茭子, 玉米
	Baotou	玉茭茭
	Dongsheng	玉茭子
	Haibowan	玉茭子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	包蘿, 觀音豆, 觀豆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	包蘿
	Songxi	包蘿
	Zhenghe	包蘿
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	包蘿
	Jianyang	番米
	Wuyishan	包黍
	Pucheng (Shibei)	包蘿
Min Dong	Fuzhou	油甜苞
	Changle	油甜苞
	Fuqing	番黍, 玉秫黍, 油甜苞
	Yongtai	油甜苞
	Gutian	金豆
	Fu'an	番豆
	Ningde	番豆
	Shouning	包蘿
	Zhouning	包蘿
	Fuding	番豆
	Matsu	包果
Min Nan	Xiamen	麥穗, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	番仔蘆黍
	Quanzhou	番大麥, 蘆黍 dated
	Jinjiang	番大麥
	Nan'an	番大麥
	Anxi	番珠
	Yongchun	玉穗
	Dehua	玉穗
	Zhangzhou	麥穗, 番黍, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	番麥穗
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	番麥
	Pinghe	番麥
	Zhangpu	麥穗
	Yunxiao	番仔麥穗
	Zhao'an	番麥
	Dongshan	番麥, 玉米
	Taipei	番麥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番麥
	Kaohsiung	番麥
	Yilan	番麥
	Changhua (Lukang)	番麥
	Taichung	番麥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	番麥
	Tainan	番麥
	Taitung	番麥
	Hsinchu	番麥
	Kinmen	包果, 番麥
	Penghu (Magong)	番仔蘆黍
	Penang (Hokkien)	遮戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	遮戇, 番麥, 番蘆黍
	Manila (Hokkien)	玉米, 番大麥, manis
	Zhangping	番黍
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番黍
	Datian	番黍
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	包粟
	Chaozhou	薏米仁, 幼美仁
	Shantou	金黍米, 幼米仁, 薏米仁, 田螺米, 包穀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	金黍米, 幼米仁, 田螺米
	Jieyang	薏米仁
	Puning	薏米仁
	Bangkok (Teochew)	幼美仁, ข้าวโพด
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	遮戇
	Batam (Teochew)	遮戇
	Pontianak (Teochew)	遮戇
	Leizhou	黍
	Wenchang	包麥, 麥
	Haikou	珍珠米
	Qionghai	珍珠麥, 包麥
Puxian Min	Putian	黍秫
Puxian Min	Xianyou	番黍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	玉米
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	玉米
Wu	Shanghai	珍珠米, 玉米
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大米
	Suzhou	御麥, 珍珠米
	Wuxi	珍珠米
	Danyang	玉米粟, 珍珠粟
	Hangzhou	六穀, 玉黍, 玉米
	Ningbo	六穀
	Wenzhou	包蘿粟, 糯米粟, 粟麥, 飯糰粟, 珍珠粟
	Jinhua	包蘿
Xiang	Changsha	玉米, 包穀
	Loudi	玉米子
	Shuangfeng	包穀, 玉米子
	Quanzhou	包穀

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器
Mandarin	Beijing	話筒, 麥, 麥克風
	Taiwan	麥克風, 話筒, 麥
	Singapore	麥克風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 話筒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	咪, 咪高峰
Hakka	Meixian	咪, 麥克風, 話筒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥克
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥克
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥克
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥克, 放送頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥克
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥克
Min Nan	Xiamen	麥克風, 話筒
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	麥克
	Tainan (Anping)	麥克
	Chaozhou	麥克風
	Shantou	麥克風
Wu	Shanghai	麥克風, 話筒
Wu	Wenzhou	話筒, 麥

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (麥):

→ Japanese: 麦(ばく) (baku)
→ Korean: 맥(麥) (maek)
→ Vietnamese: mạch (麥)

References[edit]

(Min Nan) “Entry #8112”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	麦
Kyūjitai	麥

Kanji[edit]

麥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麦)

wheat

Readings[edit]

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
Kan-on: ばく (baku)
Kun: むぎ (mugi, 麥)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

麥 (eumhun 보리 맥 (bori maek))

wheat; barley

Compounds[edit]

麥酒 (맥주)