Cantonese words starting with M
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毛囊
mou4 nong4hair follicle
無農藥无农药
mou4 nung4 joek6without agricultural chemicals
無惡不作无恶不作
mou4 ok3 bat1 zok3not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
毛派
mou4 paai3Maoist
無牌无牌
mou4 paai4unlicensed
無憑無據无凭无据
mou4 pang4 mou4 geoi3groundless; unsupported by evidence
蕪鄙芜鄙
mou4 pei2muddled and limited (of writing)
毛皮
mou4 pei4fur
毛片
mou4 pin2pornographic film; (old) fur color
巫婆
mou4 po4witch; female shaman
毛坯
mou4 pui1semifinished products
毛衫
mou4 saam1sweaters; pullovers
巫山
mou4 saan1Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
巫山縣巫山县
mou4 saan1 jyun6Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
毛細毛细
mou4 sai3capillary
毛細管毛细管
mou4 sai3 gun2(noun) capillary
毛細孔毛细孔
mou4 sai3 hung2pore
毛細血管毛细血管
mou4 sai3 hyut3 gun2capillary blood vessels
無心无心
mou4 sam1unintentionally
無心插柳柳成陰无心插柳柳成阴
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
無心插柳柳成蔭无心插柳柳成荫
mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3to reap unexpected rewards from an one's unintentional actions
無心裝載无心装载
mou4 sam1 zong1 zoi3unintentionally
無神論无神论
mou4 san4 leon6atheism
無神論者无神论者
mou4 san4 leon6 ze2atheist
毛神神
mou4 san4 san4(adjective) hairy
無神神无神神
mou4 san4 san4(adjective) silly; unprovoked; surprise with no reason
無生命无生命
mou4 sang1 ming6non-living; inanimate; lifeless
毛鬙鬙
mou4 sang4 sang4hairy; furry
毛收入
mou4 sau1 jap6gross income
毛手毛腳毛手毛脚
mou4 sau2 mou4 goek3carelessly and haphazardly; to grope
摹寫摹写
mou4 se2to trace over; facsimile; to portray
模寫模写
mou4 se2variant of 摹寫|摹写[mo2 xie3]
無錫无锡
mou4 sek3see 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4]
無錫市无锡市
mou4 sek3 si5Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
無聲狗无声狗
mou4 seng1 gau2(noun) soundless, quiet or silent dogs
無聲狗咬死人无声狗咬死人
mou4 seng1 gau2 ngaau5 sei2 jan4(Cantonese analogy- figurative meaning) a soundless dog will bite someone to death
毋須毋须
mou4 seoi1unnecessary
無需无需
mou4 seoi1needless
無須无须
mou4 seoi1need not; not necessarily
無水无水
mou4 seoi2anhydrous (chemistry); dehydrated
毛遂
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]
毛遂自薦毛遂自荐
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)
無信義无信义
mou4 seon3 ji6in bad faith; perfidious
巫術巫术
mou4 seot6witchcraft
巫師巫师
mou4 si1wizard
無私无私
mou4 si1selfless; disinterested
無絲分裂无丝分裂
mou4 si1 fan1 lit6amitosis
無私顯見私无私显见私
mou4 si1 hin2 gin3 si1(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) to show
無師自通无师自通
mou4 si1 zi6 tung1self-taught
無時無刻无时无刻
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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