Chinese symbol for “malt”
麦芽
mài yá
Traditional: 麥芽
malt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for malt is 麦芽 (mài yá), defined as: malt.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麦芽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小麦 (小麥) | xiǎo mài | wheat; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 麦克 (麥克) | mài kè | (loanword) microphone |
| 麦克风 (麥克風) | mài kè fēng | (loanword) microphone |
| 大麦 (大麥) | dà mài | barley |
| 麦子 (麥子) | mài zi | wheat; measure word: 株 (zhū) |
| 燕麦 (燕麥) | yàn mài | oats |
| 萌芽 | méng yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud |
| 发芽 (發芽) | fā yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud |
See also: Japanese symbol for “malt”.
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.