# 麥子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): màizi
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me$^2$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$ zi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mieh$^4$ zeh
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): me$^6$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màizi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màizi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: mài-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may.tzy
*** Palladius: майцзы (majczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: me$^2$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mez
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: mahk jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$麥子／麦子 墨子
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mieh$^4$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: me$^6$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /me²² t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

麥子
* any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m)
* grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)
    From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 12:24
    Wǒ shíshízàizài de gàosu nǐmen, yī lì màizi bù luò zài dìli sǐ le, réngjiù shì yī lì; ruòshì sǐ le, jiù jié chū xǔduō zǐlì lái. [Pinyin]
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

#### Synonyms

* (wheat):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麥, 麥子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麥子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 麥子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麥子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 麥子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 麥子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 麥子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 麥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 麥子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 麥子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 麥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 麥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 麥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 麥, 麥子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麥子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麥子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 麥子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 禾麥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 禾麥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 麥 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 麥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 麥子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 麥子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 麥子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麥仔, 小冬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 麥子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 麥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 麥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 麥子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 麥子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 麥仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥, 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 麥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 麥 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 麥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 麥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 麥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 麥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 麥子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 麥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 麥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 麥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麥子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麥子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麥子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 麥子 |

#### Descendants

* → Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡝ (maise)