HSK 5 · Science

麦克风 màikèfēng “microphone (loanword)” in Chinese

Traditional 麥克風

What 麦克风 means

  1. microphone (loanword)
  2. (loanword) microphone

How to say 麦克风

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale麦mài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale克kè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level

麦克风 in a sentence

  1. 我把麦克风递给他。

    Wǒ bǎ màikèfēng dìgěi tā.

    I handed him the microphone.

    Sentence #846059 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 刚才我的麦克风没起作用，不知道为什么。

    Gāngcái wǒ de màikèfēng méi qǐ zuòyòng, bù zhīdao wèishénme.

    My microphone wasn’t working just now, and I don’t know why.

    Sentence #18 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 麦克风 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 麦 (mài) with each of its parts in a different colour
麦màiwheat; barley; oats
  • 龶part of the character
  • 夂go · zhǐ
The character 克 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
克kèto be able to
  • 十ten · shí
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

How to write 麦克风

麦 7 strokes · 克 7 strokes · 风 4 strokes

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麦克风 (màikèfēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 麦克风 (màikèfēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 麦克风

Words with 麦

小麦xiǎomài · wheat

Words with 克

巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)克kè · gram克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)攻克gōngkè · to capture克制kèzhì · to restrain

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风险fēngxiǎn · risk风俗fēngsú · social custom风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery风味fēngwèi · local flavour风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty威风wēifēng · impressive

More words: Science & Technology

机器jīqì · machine键盘jiànpán · keyboard浏览liúlǎn · to skim over录音lùyīn · to record (sound)软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software删除shānchú · to delete设备shèbèi · equipment设施shèshī · facilities

FAQs

麦克风 (màikèfēng) means “microphone (loanword)” or “(loanword) microphone”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it màikèfēng: mài with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 麦克风 is written 麥克風. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maikefeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 麦克风 from the suggestions. Typing maikefeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
麦克风 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.