麦加

麥加
Màijiā
noun #25,522

Meanings

  1. 1 Mecca
  2. 2 the holy city of Islam in Saudi Arabia
  3. 3 a place of great importance or attraction

Examples

HSK 2
Hǎoláiwù shì diànyǐng rén de Màijiā.
Hollywood is the Mecca for filmmakers.
HSK 7-9
Měinián yǒu shùbǎiwàn Mùsīlín qiánwǎng Màijiā cháoshèng.
Every year millions of Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Tips

culture
means wheat/grain and means to add, but here these characters are purely phonetic transliterations of the Arabic name Makkah. The figurative use as a place of pilgrimage or supreme importance mirrors English usage.

Stroke Order

mài
jiā