Chinese symbol for “oats”
燕麦
yàn mài
Traditional: 燕麥
oats
The closest CC-CEDICT match for oats is 燕麦 (yàn mài), defined as: oats.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “oats”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麦 (麥) | mài | wheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风 (mài kè fēng)) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 燕麦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燕子 | yàn zi | swallow |
| 燕窝 (燕窩) | yàn wō | edible bird's nest |
| 雨燕 | yǔ yàn | swift; Apodidae (the swift family) |
| 燕尾服 | yàn wěi fú | swallow-tailed coat; tails |
| 燕麦片 (燕麥片) | yàn mài piàn | rolled oats |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “oats”.
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.