Chinese Word: 麻 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

麻 (Trad.: 蔴, 麻)HSK 4

Pinyin: má

English Definition: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; Classifiers: 缕 ; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb; variant of 麻 ; hemp

Chinese Definition:
①草本植物，种类很多，有“大麻”、“苎麻”、“苘麻”、“亚麻”等。茎皮纤维通常亦称“麻”，可制绳索、织布：麻布。麻衣。麻袋。麻绳。麻纺。
②指“芝麻”：麻酱。麻油。
③像腿、臂被压后的那种不舒服的感觉：脚麻了。
④感觉不灵，或丧失感觉，引申为思想不敏锐：麻痹。麻醉。麻木不仁。
⑤面部痘瘢，引申指物体表面粗糙：麻子。
⑥带细碎斑点的：麻雀。麻蝇。
⑦喻纷乱：麻乱。麻沸。
⑧姓氏。

Antonyms: 光

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 麻

Ideographic: Hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 广 [ guǎng ] broad, vast, wide; building, house
- 林 [ lín ] forest, grove; surname

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麻烦	má fan	inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to trouble or bother sb; to put sb to trouble	HSK 4
麻木	má mù	numb; insensitive; apathetic	HSK 6
麻将	má jiàng	mahjong; Classifiers: 副
麻雀	má què	sparrow; (dialect) mahjong
麻子	má zi	pockmark

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Example Sentences

1		zhè kuài 这块 liào zi 料子 shì 是 má 麻 de 的。 This material is linen.
2		tā 她 zuò 坐 dé 得 tài 太 jiǔ 久， tuǐ 腿 dōu 都 má 麻 le 了。 She'd been sitting so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
3		dé 得 le 了 tiān huā 天花， liǎn 脸 jiù 就 má 麻 le 了。 Smallpox will leave pockmarks on the face.
4		wǒ 我 hái 还 gěi 给 wǒ 我 nv ér 女儿 zuò 做 le 了 yí gè 一个 jiù 就 zhǐ 只 chà 差 dài zi 带子 hái 还 méi 没 fèng 缝 shàng 上 le 了， wǒ 我 yòu 又 gěi 给 zì jǐ 自己 zuò 做 le 了 yí gè 一个 má 麻 de 的。 I have all but the straps done on another one for her just because. And I made myself this burlap one as well.
5		zhè zhǒng 这种 zhǐ 纸 yī 一 miàn 面 guāng 光， yí miàn má 一面麻。 This paper is smooth on one side and rough on the other.

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1		zhè kuài 这块 liào zi 料子 shì 是 má 麻 de 的。 This material is linen.
2		tā 她 zuò 坐 dé 得 tài 太 jiǔ 久， tuǐ 腿 dōu 都 má 麻 le 了。 She'd been sitting so long that she felt pins and needles in her legs.
3		dé 得 le 了 tiān huā 天花， liǎn 脸 jiù 就 má 麻 le 了。 Smallpox will leave pockmarks on the face.
4		wǒ 我 hái 还 gěi 给 wǒ 我 nv ér 女儿 zuò 做 le 了 yí gè 一个 jiù 就 zhǐ 只 chà 差 dài zi 带子 hái 还 méi 没 fèng 缝 shàng 上 le 了， wǒ 我 yòu 又 gěi 给 zì jǐ 自己 zuò 做 le 了 yí gè 一个 má 麻 de 的。 I have all but the straps done on another one for her just because. And I made myself this burlap one as well.
5		zhè zhǒng 这种 zhǐ 纸 yī 一 miàn 面 guāng 光， yí miàn má 一面麻。 This paper is smooth on one side and rough on the other.

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