麻 meaning in English
generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials
Meaning of 麻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
má
- generic name for hemp, flax etc
- hemp or flax fiber for textile materials
- sesame
- (of materials) rough or coarse
- pocked
- pitted
- to have pins and needles or tingling
- to feel numb
Measure word: 縷|缕
Má
- surname Ma
má
- hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])
麻 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
马麻！把认字书给我！
Mummy! Give me my alphabet book!
第一步是最麻烦的。
It is the first step which is troublesome.
我们带来了麻烦。
We brought trouble.
你们有大麻烦了。
You're in big trouble.
这个问题很麻烦。
This problem is really annoying.
Stroke order for each character
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麻 má · generic name for hemp · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 麻.
| 麻烦 | máfan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 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 |
| 芝麻 | zhīma | sesame (seed) |
| 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 麻
What does 麻 mean?
麻 (má) means "generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials" and is used as a noun and adjective.
How do you write 麻?
麻 is made of 1 character: 麻 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 麻 an HSK word?
Yes. 麻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.