麥芽

See also: 麦芽

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	bud; sprout
trad. (麥芽)		麥	芽
simp. (麦芽)		麦	芽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ ngaa⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): măh^→màng-ngà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiyá
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ya²
    • Yale: mài-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayya
    • Palladius: майя (majja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: mahk ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² ŋaː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: măh^→màng-ngà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁻³³ ŋa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-gê
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqgee
    • IPA (Lukang): /be(ʔ)³⁵⁻² ɡe²⁴/

Noun

麥芽

1. malt
2. (Eastern Min, Lukang Hokkien) maltose

Synonyms

• (maltose):

Dialectal synonyms of 麥芽糖 (“malt syrup; maltose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥芽糖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麥芽糖
	Singapore	麥芽糖
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麥芽糖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	當當兒糖
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	糖餳
	Xuzhou	穀糖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	麥芽兒糖
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麥芽糖, 麻糖
	Guiyang	麥芽糖
	Liuzhou	麥芽糖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麥芽糖
	Hong Kong	麥芽糖
	Dongguan	麥芽糖
Gan	Lichuan	熬糖
Hakka	Meixian	麥芽糖
	Yudu	麥芽糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥芽糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥芽糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥芽糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥芽糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥芽糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥芽糖
Jin	Taiyuan	麻糖
	Xinzhou	糖餳, 餳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	麥芽糖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	麥芽糖, 麥芽
	Fuqing	麥芽糖, 芽油
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥芽膏
	Quanzhou	麥芽膏
	Jinjiang	麥芽膏
	Zhangzhou	麥仔膏, 麥膏
	Zhao'an	麥芽糖
	Taipei	麥芽膏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	麥芽膏
	Kaohsiung	麥芽膏
	Yilan	麥仔膏
	Changhua (Lukang)	麥芽
	Taichung	麥芽膏, 麥芽糖
	Tainan	麥芽膏
	Hsinchu	麥芽膏
	Kinmen	麥芽膏
	Penghu (Magong)	麥芽膏
	Longyan	米糖
	Shantou	麥生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	麥生
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	麥生
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	麥生
	Jieyang	麥生, 麥生糖
	Bangkok (Teochew)	麥生, 麥生糖
	Haikou	麥芽糖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麥芽糖
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	白糖
Wu	Shanghai	餳糖, 麥芽糖
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餳糖
	Suzhou	飴糖, 餳糖, 麥芽糖
	Ningbo	餳糖
	Wenzhou	餳糖
	Jinhua	餳糖
Xiang	Loudi	餳糖

Derived terms

• 麥芽三糖 / 麦芽三糖 (màiyásāntáng)
• 麥芽糖 / 麦芽糖 (màiyátáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (麥芽):

• → Japanese: 麦芽(ばくが) (bakuga)
• → Korean: 맥아(麥芽) (maega)
• → Vietnamese: mạch nha (麥芽)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麥	芽
ばく Hyōgai	が Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 麥芽 – see the following entry.

【麦芽ばくが】 [noun] malt

(This term, 麥芽, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
麥	芽

Noun

麥芽 • (maega) (hangeul 맥아)

1. hanja form^? of 맥아 (“malt”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
麥	芽

Noun

麥芽

1. chữ Hán form of mạch nha (“malt”).