脉

mài · mai/mò · mo

Traditional 脈 / 䘑 / 衇

Meaning

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mài 脈

  1. arteries and veins
  2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

mò 脈

  1. see 脈脈 / 脉脉 (mò mò)

mài 䘑

  1. old variant of 脈 / 脉 (mài)

mài 衇

  1. variant of 脈 / 脉 (mài)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

中(zhōng)医(yī)通(tōng)过(guò)切(qiè)脉(mài)来(lái)了(liǎo)解(jiě)病(bìng)人(rén)的(de)身(shēn)体(tǐ)状(zhuàng)况(kuàng)。

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners feel the pulse to understand a patient's physical condition.

02

树(shù)叶(yè)的(de)脉(mài)络(luò)清(qīng)晰(xī)可(kě)见(jiàn),像(xiàng)一(yì)幅(fú)地(dì)图(tú)。

The veins of the leaf are clearly visible, like a map.

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