Meaning of 芝麻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhīma
- sesame (seed)
芝麻 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我点了一份芝麻面包，用来制作素食汉堡。
I ordered a sesame seed buns for the veggie burgers.
芝麻开门！
Open Sesame!
我吃了黑芝麻冰淇淋。
I ate black sesame ice cream.
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芝 zhī · sesame · 6 strokes
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麻 má · generic name for hemp · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 芝麻.
| 麻烦 | máfan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 芝士 | zhīshì | (loanword) cheese |
| 麻醉 | mázuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind ( |
| 麻木 | mámù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻痹 | mábì | paralysis; palsy |
| 麻将 | májiàng | mahjong |
| 麻辣 | málà | hot and numbing |
| 大麻 | dàmá | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 惹麻烦 | rěmáfan | to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble |
| 添麻烦 | tiānmáfan | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience |
| 找麻烦 | zhǎomáfan | to look for trouble |
| 麻雀 | máquè | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
Questions about 芝麻
What does 芝麻 mean?
芝麻 (zhīma) means "sesame (seed)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 芝麻?
芝麻 is made of 2 characters: 芝 (6 strokes), 麻 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 芝麻 an HSK word?
Yes. 芝麻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.