麻周子

mázhōuzi

noun #26,834

Meanings

HSK 4

院子里有几只麻周子在跳来跳去。

Yuànzi lǐ yǒu jǐ zhī mázhōuzi zài tiào lái tiào qù.

There are a few sparrows hopping around in the courtyard.

HSK 7-9

奶奶叫麻雀为麻周子，这是她家乡的说法。

Nǎinai jiào máquè wéi mázhōuzi, zhè shì tā jiāxiāng de shuōfǎ.

Grandma calls sparrows 'mázhōuzi', that's the term used in her hometown.

麻周子 is a dialectal term for 麻雀 (sparrow), used in parts of northern and central China. The standard Mandarin word is 麻雀.

麻 má

周 zhōu

子 zǐ