Home › Chinese › Glossary › muffin
Chinese vocabulary · Beginner
How do you say "muffin" in Chinese?
麦芬
màifēn
In Chinese, "muffin" is 麦芬.
Listen to the pronunciation:
Free Chinese learning game. No sign-up, play in browser. See all games
Pronunciation
MAI FEN. Mai is flat, fen is flat. Say both level and steady. No tone mark distinction needed.
Writing and usage
Two characters: 麦 (mai) has 7 strokes with grain radical meaning wheat, 芬 (fen) has 7 strokes with grass radical.
Example sentence
麦芬很软。
The muffin is soft.
Test your Chinese knowledge in our free browser games.
How to remember 麦芬
Muffin is a borrowed word. These characters are chosen phonetically to sound like the English word.
Related words
- bottle 瓶子 píng zi
- cake 蛋糕 dàn gāo
- clock 时钟 shí zhōng
- flour 面粉 miàn fěn
- gas 气体 qì tǐ
- glass 玻璃杯 bō li bēi
- honey 蜂蜜 fēng mì
- jar 罐子 guàn zi
- waffle 华夫饼 huá fū bǐng
Browse all Chinese words in the glossary.
Questions about 麦芬
How do you say "muffin" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "muffin" is 麦芬. It is a noun.
How is 麦芬 written in Chinese?
Two characters: 麦 (mai) has 7 strokes with grain radical meaning wheat, 芬 (fen) has 7 strokes with grass radical.
How is 麦芬 used in a sentence?
Use 麦芬 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 麦芬很软。 (The muffin is soft.).
Where can I practice Chinese words for free?
You can play free Chinese minigames in your browser on the Noun Town online games page, no sign-up required. Every word in the Chinese glossary also has native audio and an example sentence you can revisit any time.
"Muffin" in other languages
Curated by Jack Ratcliffe
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Chinese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
Noun Town on PC, Mac & VR
These browser games are just a taste. The full Noun Town is a bigger, deeper 3D world: explore a living town, talk to its characters and learn thousands of words in immersive VR, Mixed Reality, or on your computer. It's an award-winning game with 590+ reviews on Steam and 12 languages to learn.
See the full game ▶Spot an error? Email us at contact@noun.town