General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
耳麦耳麥er3 mai4
headphones; earphones
番麦番麥fan1 mai4
corn (Taiwanese)
凤头麦鸡鳳頭麥雞feng4 tou2 mai4 ji1
(bird species of China) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
浮小麦浮小麥fu2 xiao3 mai4
unripe wheat grain (used in TCM)
赫曼·麦尔维尔赫曼·麥爾維爾he4 man4 - mai4 er3 wei2 er3
Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸
黑麦黑麥hei1 mai4
rye (Secale cereale)
黄颊麦鸡黃頰麥雞huang2 jia2 mai4 ji1
(bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
灰头麦鸡灰頭麥雞hui1 tou2 mai4 ji1
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
距翅麦鸡距翅麥雞ju4 chi4 mai4 ji1
(bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
喀麦隆喀麥隆ka1 mai4 long2
Cameroon
开麦拉開麥拉kai1 mai4 la1
camera (loanword)
藜麦藜麥li2 mai4
quinoa
裸麦裸麥luo3 mai4
rye (Secale cereale)
麦阿密麥阿密mai4 a1 mi4
variant of 邁阿密|迈阿密
麦霸麥霸mai4 ba4
mic hog; person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风)
麦当劳麥當勞mai4 dang1 lao2
MacDonald or McDonald (name); McDonald's (fast food company)
dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM
麦尔维尔麥爾維爾mai4 er3 wei2 er3
Melville (name); Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸
麦麸麥麩mai4 fu1
wheat bran
麦稃麥稃mai4 fu1
barley husk
麦盖提麥蓋提mai4 ge3 ti2
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
麦盖提县麥蓋提縣mai4 ge3 ti2 xian4
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
麦积麥積mai4 ji1
Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市, Gansu
麦积区麥積區mai4 ji1 qu1
Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市, Gansu
麦积山石窟麥積山石窟mai4 ji1 shan1 shi2 ku1
Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu
麦枷麥枷mai4 jia1
flail; to thresh (using a flail)
麦加麥加mai4 jia1
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
麦角麥角mai4 jiao3
ergot
麦秸麥秸mai4 jie1
straw from barley
麦金塔麥金塔mai4 jin1 ta3
see 麥金塔電腦|麦金塔电脑
麦金塔电脑麥金塔電腦mai4 jin1 ta3 dian4 nao3
Macintosh (brand of computers made by Apple); Mac
麦酒麥酒mai4 jiu3
wine from grain; ale
麦凯恩麥凱恩mai4 kai3 en1
McCain (name); John McCain (1936-), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona from 1987
麦凯斯菱麥凱斯菱mai4 kai3 si1 ling2
rhombus of Michaelis (anatomy)
麦科里麥科里mai4 ke1 li3
(Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
麦可麥可mai4 ke3
Mike (name)
麦克麥克mai4 ke4
Mike (name)
麦克麥克mai4 ke4
microphone (loanword)
麦克阿瑟麥克阿瑟mai4 ke4 a1 se4
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
麦克白麥克白mai4 ke4 bai2
Macbeth (name); Macbeth, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
麦克白夫人麥克白夫人mai4 ke4 bai2 fu1 ren5
Lady Macbeth
麦克笔麥克筆mai4 ke4 bi3
marker pen (loanword)
麦克德莫特麥克德莫特mai4 ke4 de2 mo4 te4
McDermott (name)
麦克风麥克風mai4 ke4 feng1
microphone (loanword)
麦克米兰麥克米蘭mai4 ke4 mi3 lan2
McMillan or MacMillan (name); Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
麦克斯韦麥克斯韋mai4 ke4 si1 wei2
Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
麦克维麥克維mai4 ke4 wei2
(Timothy) McVeigh
麦肯锡麥肯錫mai4 ken3 xi1
MacKenzie; McKinsey
麦粒肿麥粒腫mai4 li4 zhong3
sty (eyelid swelling)
麦寮麥寮mai4 liao2
Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
麦寮乡麥寮鄉mai4 liao2 xiang1
Mailiao township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
麦门冬麥門冬mai4 men2 dong1
dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM
麦纳玛麥納瑪mai4 na4 ma3
Manama, capital of Bahrain (Tw)
麦纳麦麥納麥mai4 na4 mai4
Manama, capital city of Bahrain
麦胚麥胚mai4 pei1
wheat germ
麦片麥片mai4 pian4
oatmeal; rolled oats
麦淇淋麥淇淋mai4 qi2 lin2
margarine (loanword)
麦秋麥秋mai4 qiu1
harvest season
麦乳精麥乳精mai4 ru3 jing1
malt milk extract
麦氏贼鸥麥氏賊鷗mai4 shi4 zei2 ou1
(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
麦司卡林麥司卡林mai4 si1 ka3 lin2
mescaline (loanword)
麦穗麥穗mai4 sui4
ear of wheat
麦田怪圈麥田怪圈mai4 tian2 guai4 quan1
crop circle
麦香堡麥香堡mai4 xiang1 bao3
Big Mac hamburger (Tw) (old); now referred to (in Taiwan) as 大麥克|大麦克
麦芽麥芽mai4 ya2
malt
麦芽糊精麥芽糊精mai4 ya2 hu2 jing1
maltodextrin
麦芽糖麥芽糖mai4 ya2 tang2
maltose (sweet syrup)
麦芽糖醇麥芽糖醇mai4 ya2 tang2 chun2
maltitol, a sugar alcohol
麦哲伦麥哲倫mai4 zhe2 lun2
Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
麦子麥子mai4 zi5
wheat
糯麦糯麥nuo4 mai4
glutinous barley
荞麦蕎麥qiao2 mai4
buckwheat
全麦全麥quan2 mai4
whole wheat
肉垂麦鸡肉垂麥雞rou4 chui2 mai4 ji1
(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
烧麦燒麥shao1 mai4
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣|烧卖
斯佩耳特小麦斯佩耳特小麥si1 pei4 er3 te4 xiao3 mai4
spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword)
同传耳麦同傳耳麥tong2 chuan2 er3 mai4
simultaneous interpretation headset
小麦小麥xiao3 mai4
wheat
小麦胚芽小麥胚芽xiao3 mai4 pei1 ya2
wheat germ
燕麦燕麥yan4 mai4
oats
燕麦粥燕麥粥yan4 mai4 zhou1
oatmeal; porridge
莜麦莜麥you2 mai4
naked oat (Avena nuda)
油麦油麥you2 mai4
naked oat (old)
油麦菜油麥菜you2 mai4 cai4
Indian lettuce
莜麦菜莜麥菜you2 mai4 cai4
variant of 油麥菜|油麦菜
针尖对麦芒針尖對麥芒zhen1 jian1 dui4 mai4 mang2
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)