Cantonese words starting with M

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无功而返
mou4 gung1 ji4 faan2to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
祿无功受禄
mou4 gung1 sau6 luk6to get undeserved rewards (idiom)
mou4 gung1 zai2a stuffed toy
无怪
mou4 gwaai3No wonder!
无怪乎
mou4 gwaai3 fu4no wonder (that...)
无关
mou4 gwaan1unrelated
无关大局
mou4 gwaan1 daai6 guk6have no bearing on the overall situation; of little account
无关大体
mou4 gwaan1 daai6 tai2have no bearing on the overall situation; of little account
无关紧要
mou4 gwaan1 gan2 jiu3indifferent
无轨
mou4 gwai2trackless
无轨电车
mou4 gwai2 din6 ce1trolleybus
mou4 gwat1 sung2 jin4to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
无隙可乘
mou4 gwik1 ho2 sing4(noun) no chance or no loophole to exploit from
无国界
mou4 gwok3 gaai3without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières)
无国界记者
mou4 gwok3 gaai3 gei3 ze2Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
无国界医生
mou4 gwok3 gaai3 ji1 sang1Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF charity)
无国籍
mou4 gwok3 zik6statelessness
无瑕
mou4 haa4faultless; perfect
无暇
mou4 haa6too busy; fully occupied
mou4 haai4 zi2child; kid
无懈可击
mou4 haai6 ho2 gik1(idiom) impossible to fault
诬陷
mou4 haam6to entrap; to plant false evidence against sb
无限
mou4 haan6infinity
无限大
mou4 haan6 daai6infinitely large
无限风光在险峰
mou4 haan6 fung1 gwong1 zoi6 him2 fung1The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb)
无限期
mou4 haan6 kei4indefinitely; of unlimited duration
无限小
mou4 haan6 siu2infinitesimal
无限小数
mou4 haan6 siu2 sou3infinitesimal
无限制
mou4 haan6 zai3limitless
mou4 haang1variant of 茅坑[mao2 keng1]
巫峡
mou4 haap6Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]
无效
mou4 haau6not valid; in vain
无恒
mou4 hang4to lack patience
无颌
mou4 hap6jawless (primitive fish)
巫觋
mou4 hat6shaman; witch
无核
mou4 hat6nonnuclear
无核化
mou4 hat6 faa3to make nuclear-free
无核区
mou4 hat6 keoi1nuclear weapon-free zone
mou4 hau2metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe)
无后
mou4 hau6(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage
无牵无挂
mou4 hin1 mou4 gwaa3(idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree
无可
mou4 ho2can't
无可避免
mou4 ho2 bei6 min5(adjective) Inevitable
无可否认
mou4 ho2 fau2 jing6undeniably; admittedly
无可非议
mou4 ho2 fei1 ji5irreproachable (idiom)
无可奉告
mou4 ho2 fung6 gou3(idiom) no comment
无可救药
mou4 ho2 gau3 joek6(idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction
无可厚非
mou4 ho2 hau5 fei1see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
无可无不可
mou4 ho2 mou4 bat1 ho2neither for nor against sth
无可奈何
mou4 ho2 noi6 ho4(adjective) Helpless

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