麻子

mázi
noun #27,943

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pockmark
  2. 2 pockmarked person
  3. 3 sesame seed (regional)

Examples

Tā liǎn shàng yǒu jǐ gè mázi, shì xiǎoshíhou shēngbìng liú xià de.
He has a few pockmarks on his face, left over from an illness in childhood.
Mázi shì tiānhuā liú xià de hénjì.
Pockmarks are scars left by smallpox.

Tips

usage
麻子 literally refers to pockmarks ( on the skin). It can also be used informally as a nickname for someone with pockmarks, though this is considered rude. In some dialects it also means sesame seed.
memory
means 'hemp' or 'numb/rough' — imagine rough, pitted skin like hemp fabric.

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