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Mandarin · pinyin mài kè#

(loanword) microphone

Mandarin · pinyin Mài kè#

(name) Mike; Michael
(prefix) Mac-; Mc-

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麥: Look up this written character
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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4–4 · mai4 ke4

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name · Etymology 1

a transliteration of the English male given name Mike or Michael

prefix · Etymology 2

(morpheme) Mc-; Mac-

noun · Etymology 3

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) microphone

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