# 麥

| 麥 | U+9EA5, &#40613; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA5 |
| ← 麤 [U+9EA4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麦 → [U+9EA6] |
| ⿆ | U+2FC6, &#12230; KANGXI RADICAL WHEAT |
| ← ⿅ [U+2FC5] | Kangxi Radicals | ⿇ → [U+2FC7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

麥 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十人弓戈 (JONI), four-corner 4020$_7$, composition ⿱來夊)
* Kangxi radical #199, ⿆.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/麥
* 𠍅, 嘜, 𫝾, 𫆯, 𬗴, 䥑, 𮩍, 䮮, 𪄳, 𫉍, 䨫, 𫭑

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47717
* Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9EA5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麥 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 來 | *m·rɯːɡ |
| 萊 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 淶 | *rɯː |
| 徠 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 崍 | *rɯː |
| 郲 | *rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ |
| 騋 | *rɯː |
| 猍 | *rɯː |
| 鯠 | *rɯː |
| 鶆 | *rɯː |
| 庲 | *rɯː |
| 棶 | *rɯː |
| 斄 | *rɯː, *rɯ |
| 逨 | *rɯː, *rɯːs |
| 麳 | *rɯː |
| 唻 | *rɯːʔ, *rrɯː |
| 賚 | *rɯːs |
| 睞 | *rɯːs |
| 勑 | *rɯːs |
| 誺 | *rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs |
| 倈 | *rɯ |
| 憖 | *ŋrɯns |
| 猌 | *ŋrɯns |
| 麥 | *mrɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯːɡ) : phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic 夊 (“footprint pointing down; to walk slowly”); according to Xu Shen, its meaning is "wheat". 來 was the original character for “wheat”.
Several possible interpretations for the glyph:
* This character is a differentiation from 來, which originally meant "wheat". It was then phonetically borrowed since the oracle bones to mean "to come". During the Warring States period, 麥 is attested and perhaps was coined specifically to mean "come". Eventually, since 來 lost its original meaning, this meaning shifted to 麥.
* 夊 represents the ancient concept reported by Shuowen Jiezi that wheat came from the heavens (i.e., the Fertile Crescent).
* 夊 represents growth of the wheat plant.

### Etymology 1

Etymologically unrelated to 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ, “to come”). Schuessler (2007) suggests it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k) (“buckwheat”) and cognate with Tibetan བྲ་བོ (bra bo, “buckwheat”); also compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *g-ra² (“buckwheat”). STEDT compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bra (“buckwheat”) (provisional).
Starostin (2009), on the other hand, compares this to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”), Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”), Old Japanese 麦 (mugi$_1$, “wheat; barley”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mài, mò (mai$^4$, mo$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ, ㄇㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mak$^6$ / maak$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mak$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mah$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ma̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): mag$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mag$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): mà
* Eastern Min (BUC): măk / mĕk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba$^2$ / beh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h / be̍eh / be̍k / bia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$maq
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): me$^6$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): me$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, vernacular, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: me$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ / maak$^6$
*** Yale: mahk / maahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ / maak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ / mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mak$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbak̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mah$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: mag
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mag$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mà
*** Sinological IPA : /ma⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: măk / mĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /maʔ⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵/
* măk - vernacular;
* mĕk - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit麥 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /mai⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /mai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /mai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /mei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /me⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /mɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /mei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mɨ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /mia¹³/ /mɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /mə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /mai²¹³/ /mei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /mɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /me³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /mɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /mə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /məʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /mɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /mai⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /miʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /miaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /maʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /mɑʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /mɑʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ma²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /mɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ma¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /mə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /mai²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /mɑʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /mak̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /mɑk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mɐk̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /mɐk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /mɐk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /bik̚⁵/ /beʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /maʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ma⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /beʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /vɛ³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: meak
Rime :
| Character | 麥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫獲切 |
| Baxter | meak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 麥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mɛk › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-rˁək/ (dialect: *m-rˁ > *mˁr-) |
| English | wheat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7630 |
| Phonetic component | 來 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麥 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrɯːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

麥
* general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.
* (specifically) wheat
* (Hainanese) corn; maize
* a surname
    麥嘉／麦嘉 [Cantonese] ― mak$^6$ gaa$^1$ [Jyutping] ― Karl Maka (Hong Kong actor, born 麥嘉尚 (Mak Kar-sheung))
** 1949, “客途秋恨”, in 廣東大戲考, 廣東播音界聯誼社, page 238:
       siu$^2$ sang$^1$ mau$^6$ gan$^2$, naai$^5$ hai$^6$ lin$^4$ sin$^1$ zi$^6$, wai$^6$ jik$^1$ do$^1$ cing$^4$ gei$^6$ neoi$^5$, go$^2$ go$^3$ mak$^6$ si$^6$ cau$^1$ gyun$^1$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

| 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) | 麥仔, 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 | Hengyang | 麥子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 麥子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玉米, 玉蜀黍 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 玉米, 玉蜀黍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 玉米, 老玉米, 棒子, 老棒子, 老玉麥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玉米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 玉米, 棒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 玉米, 包米, 棒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 玉米, 包米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 玉米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 玉米 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 玉米, 棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 玉米, 玉黍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玉米, 棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 包米兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 玉米, 包米 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 包米 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 棒棒兒, 包兒米, 玉米 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 玉米, 包米兒, 包米 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 玉米, 玉豆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棒子, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 蜀黍, 玉蜀黍兒, 老玉米, 玉米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 玉穀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 玉䵚秫, 玉米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 玉茭, 棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 玉米, 棒子, 玉蜀黍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 玉高粱, 玉蜀黍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 玉蜀黍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 包穀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 玉米, 包穀, 玉麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 玉米, 包穀, 番麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanchi | 玉米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Guyuan | 玉麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Longde | 玉麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jingyuan | 玉麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 包穀, 仙麥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 包穀, 包穀棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 棒子, 玉米棒子, 玉蜀黍, 大蜀黍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 玉米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 包米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 玉米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Wuzhong | 包秫秫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Zhongwei | 西番麥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 玉米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 包穀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 包米, 包穀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 包米, 包穀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 包米, 包穀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 玉麥, 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 玉麥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 玉包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 包穀, 玉麥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 包穀, 玉麥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 包穀, 玉麥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 包穀, 玉麥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 包穀, 玉米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 玉米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 包穀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 包蘆, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 玉米 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 玉米, 玉蘆書, 棒頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 玉米, 棒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 玉米, 棒頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 玉米 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 六穀子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 玉米, 六穀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 玉榴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 玉榴, 包穀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 粟米, 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 粟米, 包粟 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 包粟, 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 包粟麥 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 包麥 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 包麥 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 包麥 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 包粟, 黃粟 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 珍珠粟 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 包粟, 飯包粟 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 粟米, 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 玉米, 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 玉米, 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 粟 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 包粟, 粟包, 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 粟米, 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 包粟 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 粟包 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 粟包 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 粟包 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 包麥 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 番麥 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 包粟, 楂弓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 粟米, 𥟼 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 粟包, 梧 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 粟米 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 包粟 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 玉米 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 包粟, 金豆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 包粟, 包粟米 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 粟米, 包粟 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 包麥 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 包麥 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Changting | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 包鬚 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 番麥 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 飯包粟 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 麥包 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 飯包粟, 飯包穀 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 包子粟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 包粟 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 包粟, ข้าวโพด |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 包蘿 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 包蘆 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 包蘿, 包蘿兒 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 包蘆 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 包蘆, 金蘆 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 包蘆 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 包蘿 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 玉米 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 包粟 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 包蘆 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 包蘆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 玉茭子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 玉䵚黍, 玉茭子, 玉茭 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 玉米, 玉蜀秫 |
| Jin | Datong | 玉茭兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 玉茭子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 玉米, 玉稻黍 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 玉茭子, 玉茭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 棒子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 玉米, 玉茭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 玉米, 玉茭茭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 玉茭子, 玉米 |
| Jin | Baotou | 玉茭茭 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 玉茭子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 玉茭子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 玉米 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 玉蜀黍 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 玉米, 棒子 |
| Jin | Handan | 玉米, 包米 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 玉米, 玉黍 |
| Jin | Suide | 金䄻黍 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 包蘿, 觀音豆, 觀豆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 包蘿 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 包蘿 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 包蘿 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 包蘿 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 番米 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 包黍 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 包蘿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 油甜苞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 油甜苞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 番黍, 玉秫黍, 油甜苞 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 油甜苞 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 金豆 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 番豆 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 番豆 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 包蘿 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 包蘿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 番豆 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 包果 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥穗, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 番仔蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 玉穗, 番大麥, 玉蜀黍, 蘆黍 dated |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 番大麥 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 番大麥 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 番珠 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 玉穗 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 玉穗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 麥穗, 番黍, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 番麥穗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 麥穗 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 番仔麥穗 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Sidu) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) | 里仁 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 番麥, 玉米 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 番麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 番麥仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Taitung (Green Island) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Liuqiu) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 包果, 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen (Jinsha) | 玉米, 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 番仔蘆黍, 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Pengnan) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huxi) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Wangan) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Cimei) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huayu) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Zhongtun) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Houliao) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Tongliang) | 番麥 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Jibei) | 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 遮戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 遮戇, 番麥, 番蘆黍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 玉米, 番大麥, manis |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 番黍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 番黍 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 番黍 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 包粟 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 包粟 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 包穀 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 包豆 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 包粟 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 包豆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 薏米仁, 幼美仁 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 幼米仁 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 金黍米, 幼米仁, 薏米仁, 田螺米, 包穀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 金黍米, 幼米仁, 田螺米 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 金黍米, 幼米仁, 田螺米 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 幼米仁 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 薏米仁 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 薏米仁 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 薏仁 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 幼美仁, ข้าวโพด |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 幼美仁, ข้าวโพด |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 幼米 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 遮戇 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 遮戇 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 遮戇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 黍 |
| Southern Min | Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai) | 包粟 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 包麥, 麥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 珍珠米 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 珍珠麥, 包麥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 番黍, 黍秫 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 番黍 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 包黍 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 粟米 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 粟米 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 玉米 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 玉米 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 珍珠米, 玉米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 八珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 雞頭粟, 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 珠珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 珠珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 番麥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 番麥, 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 番麥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 番麥子, 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大米 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 御麥, 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 蘆粟, 蘆粟米 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 蘆粟, 蘆粟子 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Changshu | 玉麥, 玉麥子 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 番麥 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 蘆粟 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 玉米 |
| Wu | Liyang | 玉米 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 棒頭, 棒棒頭 |
| Wu | Yixing | 玉米 |
| Wu | Danyang | 玉米, 玉米粟, 珍珠粟 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 米米 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 玉米 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 余米, 樹米, 玉米 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 觀音蘇 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 六穀, 玉粟, 玉米 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 玉粟 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 六穀 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 六穀 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 六穀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 六穀 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 六穀 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 玉米, 珍珠米 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 包蘿粟, 糯米粟, 粟麥, 飯糰粟, 珍珠粟 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 番米 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 包蘿 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 包蘿 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 專專 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玉米, 包穀 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 玉米子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 包穀, 玉米子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 包穀 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥克風, 話筒, 麥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麥克風 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 話筒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咪, 咪高峰 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 咪, 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥克, 放送頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 話筒, 麥 |

#### Compounds

* 不辨菽麥 / 不辨菽麦 (bùbiànshūmài)
* 元麥 / 元麦
* 兔絲燕麥 / 兔丝燕麦
* 冬小麥 / 冬小麦 (dōngxiǎomài)
* 冬麥 / 冬麦 (dōngmài)
* 堯夫助麥 / 尧夫助麦
* 大麥 / 大麦 (dàmài)
* 大麥籽 / 大麦籽
* 宿麥 / 宿麦
* 小麥 / 小麦 (xiǎomài)
* 打麥 / 打麦
* 打麥場 / 打麦场
* 拉愛麥 / 拉爱麦
* 挽麥子 / 挽麦子
* 春大麥 / 春大麦
* 春小麥 / 春小麦
* 春麥 / 春麦
* 毒麥 / 毒麦 (dúmài)
* 烏麥 / 乌麦
* 燕麥 / 燕麦 (yànmài)
* 燕麥片 / 燕麦片 (yànmàipiàn)
* 玉麥 / 玉麦 (Yùmài)
* 瑞麥 / 瑞麦
* 番麥粒 / 番麦粒
* 看麥娘 / 看麦娘
* 破麥破梨 / 破麦破梨
* 稞麥 / 稞麦
* 種麥得麥 / 种麦得麦
* 菽麥 / 菽麦
* 菽麥不辨 / 菽麦不辨
* 蕎麥 / 荞麦 (qiáomài)
* 蕎麥皮 / 荞麦皮
* 蕎麥麵 / 荞麦面 (qiáomàimiàn)
* 裸麥 / 裸麦 (luǒmài)
* 雀麥 / 雀麦
* 高鳳流麥 / 高凤流麦
* 麥丘老人 / 麦丘老人
* 麥仔 / 麦仔
* 麥信風 / 麦信风
* 麥候 / 麦候
* 麥個子 / 麦个子
* 麥冬 / 麦冬 (màidōng)
* 麥口期 / 麦口期
* 麥子 / 麦子 (màizi)
* 麥寮 / 麦寮 (Màiliáo)
* 麥嶺 / 麦岭 (màilǐng)
* 麥末 / 麦末
* 麥浪 / 麦浪
* 麥燒 / 麦烧
* 麥片 / 麦片 (màipiàn)
* 麥生 / 麦生
* 麥生糖 / 麦生糖
* 麥田 / 麦田 (màitián)
* 麥畦 / 麦畦
* 麥皮 / 麦皮
* 麥碴兒 / 麦碴儿
* 麥秀 / 麦秀
* 麥秀兩歧 / 麦秀两歧
* 麥秀歌 / 麦秀歌
* 麥秋 / 麦秋 (màiqiū)
* 麥積山 / 麦积山
* 麥穗 / 麦穗 (màisuì)
* 麥穗兩歧 / 麦穗两歧
* 麥管 / 麦管
* 麥粉 / 麦粉 (màifěn)
* 麥粒腫 / 麦粒肿 (màilìzhǒng)
* 麥精 / 麦精
* 麥糠 / 麦糠 (màikāng)
* 麥舟 / 麦舟
* 麥芒 / 麦芒 (màimáng)
* 麥芽 / 麦芽 (màiyá)
* 麥芽糖 / 麦芽糖 (màiyátáng)
* 麥苗 / 麦苗 (màimiáo)
* 麥茬 / 麦茬
* 麥蚜 / 麦蚜
* 麥蚻 / 麦蚻
* 麥角 / 麦角 (màijiǎo)
* 麥酒 / 麦酒 (màijiǔ)
* 麥隴 / 麦陇 (màilǒng)
* 麥飯 / 麦饭
* 麥麩 / 麦麸 (màifū)
* 黍離麥秀 / 黍离麦秀
* 黑麥 / 黑麦 (hēimài)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: mạch (麥)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài (mai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

麥
* Short for 麥克風／麦克风 (màikèfēng, “microphone”).

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥克風, 話筒, 麥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麥克風 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 話筒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咪, 咪高峰 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 咪, 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥克, 放送頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥克 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麥克 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麥克風, 話筒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 話筒, 麥 |

#### Compounds

* 耳麥 / 耳麦 (ěrmài)
* 連麥 / 连麦 (liánmài)
* 閉麥 / 闭麦 (bìmài)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài (mai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

麥
* Short for 麥克斯韋／麦克斯韦 (màikèsīwéi, “maxwell”).

### Etymology 4

From English Mc- or Mac-.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài (mai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$
*** Yale: mahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/

#### Definitions

麥
* Mc-; Mac-
    Synonym: 麥克 / 麦克 (Màikè)
* (business) Mc- (in the names of McDonald's products)
    麥樂雞／麦乐鸡 [Cantonese] ― mak$^6$ lok$^6$ gai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― McNugget

#### Compounds

* 老麥 / 老麦
* 麥樂雞 / 麦乐鸡
* 麥當勞 / 麦当劳 (Màidāngláo)
* 麥當當 / 麦当当
* 麥記 / 麦记

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài (mai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ma̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mag$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): măk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h / be̍k / bia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$maq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$
*** Yale: mahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: mag
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: măk
*** Sinological IPA : /maʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h
*** Tâi-lô: be̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: beh
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /beʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bek
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biak
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /biak̚²⁴/
* be̍h - vernacular;
* be̍k/bia̍k - literary.

#### Definitions

麥
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 丹麥 / 丹麦 (Dānmài)
* 丹麥人 / 丹麦人 (dānmàirén)
* 丹麥學派 / 丹麦学派
* 丹麥王國 / 丹麦王国 (Dānmài Wángguó)
* 丹麥語 / 丹麦语 (Dānmàiyǔ)
* 喀麥隆 / 喀麦隆 (Kāmàilóng)
* 開麥拉 / 开麦拉 (kāimàilā)
* 麥克 / 麦克 (Màikè)
* 麥克斯韋 / 麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi)
* 麥克風 / 麦克风 (màikèfēng)
* 麥加 / 麦加 (Màijiā)
* 麥咸
* 麥地那 / 麦地那 (Màidìnà)
* 麥城 / 麦城
* 麥淇淋 / 麦淇淋 (màiqílín)
* 麥爾登呢 / 麦尔登呢
* 麥納麥 / 麦纳麦 (Màinàmài)
* 麥蓋提 / 麦盖提 (Màigàití)
* 麥西 / 麦西

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mài
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Penang, Klang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
*** Tâi-lô: mài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maix
*** IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /mãi²¹/
*** IPA (Penang, Singapore): /mai²¹/
*** IPA (Lukang, Klang): /mãi³¹/

#### Definitions

麥
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “don't”)

### References

* (Min Nan) “Entry #8112”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 麦 |
| Kyūjitai | 麥 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麦)
* wheat

#### Readings

* Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
* Kan-on: ばく (baku)
* Kun: むぎ (mugi, 麥)

## Korean
### Hanja

麥 (eumhun 보리 맥 (bori maek))
* wheat; barley

#### Compounds

* 麥酒 (맥주)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

麥: Hán Nôm readings: mạch
* chữ Hán form of mạch (“barley”).

#### Compounds

* 丹麥 (Đan Mạch)
* 大麥 (đại mạch)
* 小麥 (tiểu mạch)
* 燕麥 (yến mạch)
* 麥芽 (mạch nha)
* 黑麥 (hắc mạch)