全麦

全麥

quánmài

adjective

Meanings

1 whole wheat
2 whole-grain (of wheat products)

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Examples

我每天早餐吃两片全麦面包。

Wǒ měitiān zǎocān chī liǎng piàn quánmài miànbāo.

I eat two slices of whole-wheat bread for breakfast every day.

全麦食品比白面包更有营养。

Quánmài shípǐn bǐ bái miànbāo gèng yǒu yíngyǎng.

Whole-wheat foods are more nutritious than white bread.

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usage

Almost always attributive: 全麦面包 whole-wheat bread, 全麦饼干 whole-wheat crackers, 全麦面粉 whole-wheat flour. 全 means 'whole / entire,' so 全麦 = the whole wheat kernel including bran and germ.

Stroke Order

全 quán

麦 mài