Definition & Meaning

1.arteries and veins

3.something linking up to form a blood-vessel-like network

Words & phrases

Word usage

Similar-form characters

Characters with mai

mài

脉

Initial:mVideo guide

Final(T3):àiVideo guide

Radical:

Structure:Left to right

Strokes:

9

Traditional:

脉

Level:

HSK6 ZW11 Yu Wen 4 Yu Wen 6More

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1
n.arteries and veins
- dòng mài
  动脉
  artery
- jìng mài
  静脉
  vein
2
n.abbrpulse
- bìng rén de mài hěn ruò
  病人的脉很弱。
  The patient's pulse was weak.
- dài fu mō le mō wǒ de mài
  大夫摸了摸我的脉。
  The doctor felt my pulse.
- tā gěi tā bǎ guò mài
  他给她把过脉。
  He'd taken her pulse.
3
n.something linking up to form a blood-vessel-like network
- mài luò
  脉络
  context
- shān mài
  山脉
  mountain range
- kuàng mài
  矿脉
  (leaf) vein, nerve

Words and phrases with 脉

脉压
[word]pulse pressure
脉冲电流
[word]pulsed current
脉动星
[word]pulsating star
脉泽
[word]maser
脉络
[word]arteries and veins; chain of thought
脉礼
[word]same as 脉金
脉冲雷达
[word]pulse radar
脉诊
[word]pulse diagnosis
脉象
[word]type of pulse

Word usage

Note
When pronounced as "mài", it is in the spoken language; when pronounced as "mò", it is in the literary language, and used for "脉脉".

Similar-form characters to 脉

mài
脉
yǒng
咏
yǒng
泳
xié
胁
tún
豚

Chinese Characters with pinyin mài

卖
sell; make a living by one's labor, skill, etc.
麦
a general term for wheat, barley, etc.; wheat
迈
step; advanced in years
唛
trademark

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