麥芽

See also: 麦芽

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	bud; sprout
trad. (麥芽)		麥	芽
simp. (麦芽)		麦	芽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ ngaa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiyá
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ya²
    • Yale: mài-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayya
    • Palladius: майя (majja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: mahk ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² ŋaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-gê
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqgee
    • IPA (Lukang): /be(ʔ)³⁵⁻² ɡe²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 麥芽

1. malt
2. (Lukang Hokkien) maltose

Synonyms

• (maltose): 麥芽糖／麦芽糖 (màiyátáng); (Min Nan) 麥芽膏／麦芽膏, 麥膏／麦膏, 麥仔膏／麦仔膏, 麥生／麦生

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (麥芽):

• → Japanese: 麦芽(ばくが) (bakuga)
• → Korean: 맥아(麥芽) (maega)
• → Vietnamese: mạch nha (麥芽)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
麥	芽
ばく Hyōgai	が Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of 麦芽

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Korean

Hanja in this term
麥	芽

Noun

麥芽 • (maega) (hangeul 맥아)

1. hanja form^? of 맥아 (“malt”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
麥	芽

Noun

麥芽

1. chữ Hán form of mạch nha (“malt”).