麥子 [麦－]

Jyutping mak6 zi2
Pinyin mài zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. wheat
  2. CL:株[zhu1]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    grain of wheat; kernel of wheat (Classifier: 粒 m)
    • 我實實在在地告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。
      我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。
      wǒ shí shí zài zài de gào su nǐ men ， yī lì mài zi bù luò zài dì li sǐ le ， réng jiù shì yī lì ； ruò shì sǐ le ， jiù jié chū xǔ duō zǐ lì lái ．
      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.
  2. noun
    any cereal crop, but often specifically wheat (Classifier: 株 m)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    扛两百斤麦子走十里山路不换肩
    扛兩百斤麥子走十里山路不換肩
    káng liǎng bǎi jīn mài zǐ zǒu shí lǐ shān lù bù huàn jiān
    • Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
  2. Mandarin
    我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。
    我實實在在地告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。
    wǒ shí shí zài zài de gào su nǐ men ， yī lì mài zi bù luò zài dì li sǐ le ， réng jiù shì yī lì ； ruò shì sǐ le ， jiù jié chū xǔ duō zǐ lì lái ．
    • 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.