Cantonese words starting with M

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mou4 nong4hair follicle
无农药
mou4 nung4 joek6without agricultural chemicals
无恶不作
mou4 ok3 bat1 zok3not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
mou4 paai3Maoist
无牌
mou4 paai4unlicensed
无凭无据
mou4 pang4 mou4 geoi3groundless; unsupported by evidence
芜鄙
mou4 pei2muddled and limited (of writing)
mou4 pei4fur
mou4 pin2pornographic film; (old) fur color
mou4 po4witch; female shaman
mou4 pui1semifinished products
mou4 saam1sweaters; pullovers
mou4 saan1Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
巫山县
mou4 saan1 jyun6Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
毛细
mou4 sai3capillary
毛细管
mou4 sai3 gun2(noun) capillary
毛细孔
mou4 sai3 hung2pore
毛细血管
mou4 sai3 hyut3 gun2capillary blood vessels
无心
mou4 sam1unintentionally
无心插柳柳成阴
mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam1lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you; also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
无心插柳柳成荫
mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3to reap unexpected rewards from an one's unintentional actions
无心装载
mou4 sam1 zong1 zoi3unintentionally
无神论
mou4 san4 leon6atheism
无神论者
mou4 san4 leon6 ze2atheist
mou4 san4 san4(adjective) hairy
无神神
mou4 san4 san4(adjective) silly; unprovoked; surprise with no reason
无生命
mou4 sang1 ming6non-living; inanimate; lifeless
mou4 sang4 sang4hairy; furry
mou4 sau1 jap6gross income
毛手毛脚
mou4 sau2 mou4 goek3carelessly and haphazardly; to grope
摹写
mou4 se2to trace over; facsimile; to portray
模写
mou4 se2variant of 摹寫|摹写[mo2 xie3]
无锡
mou4 sek3see 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4]
无锡市
mou4 sek3 si5Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
无声狗
mou4 seng1 gau2(noun) soundless, quiet or silent dogs
无声狗咬死人
mou4 seng1 gau2 ngaau5 sei2 jan4(Cantonese analogy- figurative meaning) a soundless dog will bite someone to death
毋须
mou4 seoi1unnecessary
无需
mou4 seoi1needless
无须
mou4 seoi1need not; not necessarily
无水
mou4 seoi2anhydrous (chemistry); dehydrated
mou4 seoi6Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 jian4]
毛遂自荐
mou4 seoi6 zi6 zin3Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
无信义
mou4 seon3 ji6in bad faith; perfidious
巫术
mou4 seot6witchcraft
巫师
mou4 si1wizard
无私
mou4 si1selfless; disinterested
无丝分裂
mou4 si1 fan1 lit6amitosis
无私显见私
mou4 si1 hin2 gin3 si1(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) to show
无师自通
mou4 si1 zi6 tung1self-taught
无时无刻
mou4 si4 mou4 hak1(idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2 shi2 wu2 ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".)

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