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麥子

简麦子 · 繁麥子

Mandarin · pinyin mài zi

wheat
Classifier: 株 zhū

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麥: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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4–5 · mai4 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mak6 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 麥子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m; 棵 m)
grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)

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