小麦 meaning in English

xiǎomài

wheat

HSK 6nounTraditional 小麥10 strokes

Meaning of 小麦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎomài

wheat

Measure word: 粒

How to use 小麦

小麦 is the standard word for wheat as a crop or grain. It shows up in talk about farming, food and products made from flour. Example: 北方人种小麦。(Běifāng rén zhòng xiǎomài.) People in the north grow wheat.

小麦 (xiǎomài) is literally "small 麦 (mài)". 麦 by itself means grain crops like wheat and barley, and 小 (xiǎo) marks the everyday kind we make flour from: wheat.

Common mistake: Learners often read 麦 as mǎi or mài confused with 买 (mǎi, buy) and 卖 (mài, sell). 麦 is fourth tone mài and has nothing to do with buying or selling. Also, wheat flour is 面粉 (miànfěn), not 小麦粉 in everyday speech.

小麦 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

面miàn包bāo是shì用yòng小xiǎo麦mài做zuò成chéng的de。

Bread is made from wheat.

面miàn粉fěn是shì小xiǎo麦mài制zhì成chéng的de。

Flour is made from wheat.

极jí目mù远yuǎn望wàng，除chú了le一yī大dà片piàn小xiǎo麦mài田tián以yǐ外wài，就jiù甚shén么me也yě看kàn不bú见jiàn了le。

As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen except cornfields.

你nǐ能néng辨biàn别bié小xiǎo麦mài和hé大dà麦mài吗ma？

Can you tell wheat from barley?

圣shèng诞dàn节jié时shí，人rén们men会huì吃chī烤kǎo鹅é、红hóng甘gān蓝lán和hé小xiǎo麦mài面miàn包bāo。

At Christmas, one eats roast goose, red cabbage, and wheat buns.

Stroke order for each character

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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

麦 mài · wheat · 7 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 小麦.

小姐	xiǎojiě	young lady; miss
小时	xiǎoshí	hour
小朋友	xiǎopéngyǒu	child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
小学	xiǎoxué	elementary school; primary school
小孩儿	xiǎoháir	erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生	xiǎoxuéshēng	primary school student; schoolchild
小心	xiǎoxīn	to be careful; to take care
小时候	xiǎoshíhou	in one's childhood
小组	xiǎozǔ	group
小说	xiǎoshuō	novel; fiction
大小	dàxiǎo	large and small; size
从小	cóngxiǎo	from childhood; from a young age

Questions about 小麦

What does 小麦 mean?

小麦 (xiǎomài) means "wheat" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 小麦?

小麦 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 麦 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 小麦 an HSK word?

Yes. 小麦 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 小麦 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 小麦 is written 小麥.

What is the difference between 小麦 and 大麦?

小麦 (xiǎomài) is wheat and 大麦 (dàmài) is barley. The 小 and 大 do not describe the size of a field. They are just the fixed names of two different crops.

How do you say whole wheat in Chinese?

Whole wheat is usually 全麦 (quánmài), as in 全麦面包 (quánmài miànbāo), whole wheat bread. Here 麦 stands for wheat without 小.