Chinese symbol for “madeleine”
玛德琳
mǎ dé lín
Traditional: 瑪德琳
madeleine (French cake)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for madeleine is 玛德琳 (mǎ dé lín), defined as: madeleine (French cake).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玛德琳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玛格丽特 (瑪格麗特) | mǎ gé lì tè | margarita (cocktail) |
| 尼玛 (尼瑪) | ní mǎ | (Internet slang) alternative for 你妈 (nǐ mā); (transcription from Tibetan) the sun |
| 伊玛目 (伊瑪目) | yī mǎ mù | imam (Islam) (loanword) |
| 玛瑙 (瑪瑙) | mǎ nǎo | cornelian (mineral); agate |
| 伽玛 (伽瑪) | gā mǎ | variant of 伽马 (gā mǎ) |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character |
| 美德 | měi dé | virtue |
| 琳琅满目 (琳瑯滿目) | lín láng mǎn mù | (idiom) to be a feast for the eyes; to be a cornucopia of delights; to be diverse and abundant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “madeleine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.