麻 (má): hemp, numb
麻 (má) is a Chinese character meaning “hemp, numb.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 林 (structural). It ranks #1107 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 麻 hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- hemp, numb
Etymology & Origin
ideographicHemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广
Decomposition: ⿸广林 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 麻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia |
| 麻痹 | má bì | paralysis |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb |
| 芝麻 | zhī ma | sesame (seed) |
| 麻疹 | má zhěn | measles |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow |
| 麻药 | má yào | anesthetic |
| 麻利 | má li | swift |
| 麻袋 | má dài | sack |
| 亚麻 | yà má | flax |
| 乱麻 | luàn má | lit. tangled skein |
| 肉麻 | ròu má | sickening |
| 麻将 | má jiàng | mahjong |
| 麻风病 | má fēng bìng | leprosy |
麻 appears in 100 compound words: 60 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 麻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
palsy; trembling paralysis; used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病[Pa4 jin1 sen1 bing4]
palsy; trembling paralysis; used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病[Pa4 jin1 sen1 bing4]
Example Sentences
麻布衣服穿起来很透气，适合夏天穿着。
Mábù yīfu chuān qǐlái hěn tòuqì, shìhé xiàtiān chuānzhuó.
Hemp clothes are very breathable and suitable for summer wear.
林柏宏春节变散财童子!打麻将天天输钱 想野生捕捉快冲台大校园
lín bǎi hóng chūn jié biàn sàn cái tóng zǐ ! dǎ má jiāng tiān tiān shū qián xiǎng yě shēng bǔ zhuō kuài chōng tái dà jiào yuán
Lin Baihong became a boy with money during the Spring Festival! Playing mahjong and losing money every day, I want to catch it wild and rush to the campus of National Taiwan University
油麻地校巴与Tesla相撞 10岁学童和女乘...
yóu má dì jiào bā yǔ T e s l a xiāng zhuàng 1 0 suì xué tóng hé nǚ chéng . . .
Yau Ma Tei school bus collided with Tesla 10-year-old schoolchild and female passenger...
獨家》警破竹苗大麻農場 車行、廢棄大樓扣870株新鮮大麻
獨 jiā jǐng pò zhú miáo dà má 農 場 車 háng 廢 棄 dà 樓 kòu zhū xīn 鮮 dà má
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...25年第四季業績簡報:生命科學佈局助力大麻房地產投資信託多元化
. . . nián dì sì jì 業 績 簡 報 shēng mìng kē 學 佈 jú zhù lì dà má fáng dì 產 tóu 資 xìn 託 duō yuán huà
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...人大鬧日本旅店!高砂屋暖回:不會把台人當麻煩製造者
. . . rén dà 鬧 rì běn lǚ diàn ! gāo shā wū nuǎn huí bù 會 bǎ tái rén 當 má 煩 製 zào zhě
...A group of people caused a major disturbance at a Japanese inn! Takasago Inn responded warmly: "We won't treat Taiwanese as troublemakers."
汤姆是不是麻烦事很多？
Tāngmǔ shìbùshì máfan shì hěn duō?
Is Tom in a lot of trouble?
麻烦了，请给我一把汤勺好吗？
Máfan le, qǐng gěi wǒ yī bǎ tāng sháo hǎo ma?
Excuse me, may I have a spoon?
可以麻烦你把窗关了吗？
Kěyǐ máfan nǐ bǎ chuāng guān le ma?
May I trouble you to shut the window?
什么痛苦能让你想用酒精去麻醉自己？
Shénme tòngkǔ néng ràng nǐ xiǎng yòng jiǔjīng qù mázuì zìjǐ?
What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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