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mài
  1. 1.arteries and veins
  2. 2.vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
mài
  1. 1.old variant of 脉[mài]
  1. 1.see 脉脉[mò mò]
mài
  1. 1.variant of 脉[mài]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.meat; flesh
  2. 2.pork
  3. 3.flesh; pulp
  4. 4.main part of an object

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Etymology

Unclear. Reminiscent of 脢 (OC *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs, “dorsal meat”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, it may be of substrate origin. Compare (Deng, 1994): * Proto-Austronesian *SimaR (“grease; oil; fat”) > Amis simal; * Proto-Tai *manᴬ (“grease; fat”) > Thai มัน (man); * Malay gemuk (“fat”, adjective); * Bunun masmuh (“fat”, adjective); * Tsat maʔ˥˧ (“fat”, adjective).

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