麻 (má) means Hemp (sesame - tingling - numb). Below are 23 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
麻 烦你帮我一下。
Máfan nǐ bāng wǒ yíxià.
Could I trouble you to help me for a moment?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 麻烦
这件事有点儿 麻 烦。
Zhè jiàn shì yǒudiǎnr máfan.
This matter is a bit troublesome.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 麻烦
坐久了腿都 麻 木了。
Zuò jiǔ le tuǐ dōu mámù le.
After sitting so long his legs went numb.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻木
我最喜欢吃 麻 婆豆腐。
Wǒ zuì xǐhuan chī mápó dòufu.
My favourite dish is mapo tofu.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 豆腐
这个错误造成了 麻 烦。
Zhège cuòwù zàochéng le máfan.
This mistake caused trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 造成
麻 醉的效果还没过去。
Mázuì de xiàoguǒ hái méi guòqù.
The effect of the anaesthetic has not worn off yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻醉
不要人为地制造 麻 烦。
Bú yào rénwéi de zhìzào máfan.
Do not create trouble artificially.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人为
医生给他做了局部 麻 醉。
Yīshēng gěi tā zuò le júbù mázuì.
The doctor gave him a local anaesthetic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局部
他的左腿因受伤而 麻 痹。
Tā de zuǒ tuǐ yīn shòushāng ér mábì.
His left leg is paralysed from the injury.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻痹
我一向不喜欢 麻 烦别人。
Wǒ yíxiàng bù xǐhuan máfan biéren.
I have never liked troubling other people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一向
越是顺利越不能 麻 痹大意。
Yuè shì shùnlì yuè bù néng mábì dàyì.
The smoother things go, the less one can afford to drop one's guard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻痹
手术前医生给他做了 麻 醉。
Shǒushù qián yīshēng gěi tā zuò le mázuì.
The doctor anaesthetised him before the operation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻醉
大家都嫌这个办法太 麻 烦。
Dàjiā dōu xián zhège bànfǎ tài máfan.
Everyone found this method too much trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌
他自己惹的 麻 烦，活该受累。
Tā zìjǐ rě de máfan, huógāi shòulèi.
He brought the trouble on himself and deserves the bother.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 活该
这件事给他增添了不少 麻 烦。
Zhè jiàn shì gěi tā zēngtiān le bù shǎo máfan.
This affair added a good deal of trouble for him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 增添
麻 烦你这么久，我心里很不安。
Máfan nǐ zhème jiǔ, wǒ xīnlǐ hěn bù'ān.
I feel bad for troubling you for so long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不安
他巴不得这件 麻 烦事快点结束。
Tā bābùdé zhè jiàn máfan shì kuài diǎn jiéshù.
He wishes nothing more than for this troublesome business to be over soon.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴不得
对痛苦看得太多，人容易变得 麻 木。
Duì tòngkǔ kàn de tài duō, rén róngyì biàn de mámù.
Seeing too much suffering easily makes a person numb.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻木
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From the graded readers
她说：“不用不用，太 麻 烦你了。”
tā shuō:" búyòng búyòng, tài máfan nǐ le / liǎo / liào."
She said, "No, no, it's too much trouble."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
麻 烦帮我处理一下。
Máfan bāng wǒ chǔlǐ yíxià.
Please sort this out for me.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
Words that contain 麻
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Questions about 麻
How is 麻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 麻 (má, "Hemp (sesame - tingling - numb)"), 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 麻 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 麻 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 麻?
The dictionary page for 麻 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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