麥角

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (麥角)		麥	角
simp. (麦角)		麦	角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màijiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-kak / be̍eh-kak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màijiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màijiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: mài-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayjeau
    • Palladius: майцзяо (majczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ gok³
    • Yale: mahk gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-kak
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqkag
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍eh-kak
    • Tâi-lô: be̍eh-kak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kak̚³²/

Noun

麥角

1. (pharmacy) ergot
2. (cooked) rolled oats

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥片 (“rolled oats”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥片
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麥片兒
	Taiwan	麥片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麥粉 dated
	Hong Kong	麥皮
	Taishan	麥皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥角
	Zhangzhou	麥角

Derived terms

• 麥角固醇 / 麦角固醇
• 麥角新鹼 / 麦角新碱 (màijiǎoxīnjiǎn)
• 麥角胺 / 麦角胺
• 麥角酸 / 麦角酸
• 麥角醇 / 麦角醇
• 麥角鹼 / 麦角碱