脉 mài in a sentence
Blood vessels (arteries - pulse - mountain range)
脉 (mài) means Blood vessels (arteries - pulse - mountain range). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这条山 脉 横贯东西。
Zhè tiáo shānmài héngguàn dōngxī.
This mountain range runs from east to west.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
医生说他的动 脉 有些堵塞。
Yīshēng shuō tā de dòngmài yǒuxiē dǔsè.
The doctor said his arteries are somewhat blocked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动脉
山 脉 挡住了北方的冷空气。
Shānmài dǎngzhù le běifāng de lěng kōngqì.
The mountain range blocks the cold air from the north.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
这条铁路是全国的交通动 脉 。
Zhè tiáo tiělù shì quánguó de jiāotōng dòngmài.
This railway is the country's transport artery.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动脉
这份报纸把握着城市的 脉 搏。
Zhè fèn bàozhǐ bǎwòzhe chéngshì de màibó.
This newspaper has its finger on the pulse of the city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 脉搏
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Questions about 脉
How is 脉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 脉 (mài, "Blood vessels (arteries - pulse - mountain range)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 脉 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 脉 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 脉?
The dictionary page for 脉 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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