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HSK
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
Cameroon / Taiwan pr. [Ka4mai4long2]
oatmeal / rolled oats
(loanword) microphone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麦* | 麦* | *麦
surname Mai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麦* | 麦* | *麦
wheat; barley; oats / mic (abbr. for 麥克風|麦克风)
dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM
(name) MacKenzie; McKinsey
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
Madison (name) / Madison, capital of Wisconsin
malt
Denmark
Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
barley
Lady Macbeth
McDonald's (fast food company)
rye (Secale cereale)
Madonna (1958-), US pop singer
headphones / earphones
oats
Maxwell (name) / James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
ergot
wheat / CL:
buckwheat
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
McDonnell Douglas (plane company)
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
straw from barley or wheat
naked oat (old)
maltitol, a sugar alcohol
Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
harvest season
Bismarck (name) / Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
Medina, Saudi Arabia
Medellín, city in Colombia
malt milk extract
margarine (loanword)
Manama, capital city of Bahrain
lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
rye (Secale cereale)
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒賣|烧卖
to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent
(name) MacDonald or McDonald
Macbeth (name) / Macbeth, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
(name) Mike; Michael / (prefix) Mac-; Mc-
microphone (loanword)
ear of wheat
(Tw) (name) Michael
mic hog / person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风)
crop circle
oatmeal / porridge
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
(Timothy) McVeigh
McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
Indian lettuce
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Chinese chocolate-coated confectionery modeled on Maltesers 麥提莎|麦提莎
Madison Square Garden
Dalmatian (dog breed)
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
maltose (sweet syrup)
Maltesers (chocolate-covered confectionery brand)
Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市, Gansu
sty (eyelid swelling)
wheat germ
Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu
(bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
(name) MacDonald or McDonald
Ronald McDonald
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Danish pastry
whole wheat
spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword)
couscous
(bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
McDermott (name)
McCarthyism
(Tw) Minecraft
Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
(name) Melville / Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸
wheat germ
maltodextrin
(bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
simultaneous interpretation headset
Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger) (Tw)
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters
bulgur (loanword)
spring barley
unripe wheat grain (used in TCM)
(Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
glutinous barley
(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
naked oat (Avena nuda)
Ramadan (loanword)

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