# 麥芽
## Chinese

* 麥芽

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): màiyá
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$ ngaa$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): măh$^{→màng}$-ngà
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-gê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màiyá
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màiyá
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$-ya$^2$
*** Yale: mài-yá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayya
*** Palladius: майя (majja)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹ jä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ ngaa$^4$
*** Yale: mahk ngàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ ngaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ nga$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚² ŋaː²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: măh$^{→màng}$-ngà
*** Sinological IPA : /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
* malt
* (Eastern Min, Lukang Hokkien) maltose

#### Synonyms

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

* → 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)
* hanja form of 맥아 (“malt”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 麥 | 芽 |

### Noun

麥芽
* chữ Hán form of mạch nha (“malt”).