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

  (Pinyin): màizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ zi²

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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/
• 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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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: (deprecated template usage) 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.

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳ᠌ᠰᡝ (maise)

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