Cantonese words starting with M

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maai5 gun1 coi4 m4 zi1 ding6

買棺材唔知埞买棺材唔知埞

To have no idea what dangerous situation or person one is provoking; courting death without knowing it.

To hire a hitman to kill or injure someone, or to buy up everything.

To buy a shell corporation for a back-door listing or reverse takeover.

To buy or purchase.

To go shopping; to buy things.

To bet that someone or something will win.

買燕梳买燕梳

To buy insurance.

To buy a house, apartment, or flat.

maai5 lou6 cin4

買路錢买路钱

Money paid to pass through a road, such as toll, ransom to robbers, or joss paper scattered during a funeral.

To buy and sell; to trade.

Buy order in financial markets, or buy interest in real estate.

A buyer or procurement officer who places and tracks orders in logistics or trade.

To buy water; a traditional Chinese funeral ritual where the eldest son or relative symbolically buys water to wash the deceased's body.

maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2

買少見少买少见少

To become increasingly scarce or fewer in number.

To buy groceries; specifically, to buy ingredients for a main meal.

To bribe or buy someone off to achieve one's own goals.

To buy out, buy outright, or acquire exclusive ownership by paying a lump sum.

To buy or subsidize places from private organizations to ease shortages in public services.

To pay to take a nightclub hostess or sex worker out for a date or for sex.

Buyer; the person who purchases a certain item.

To make an effort or put forth one's strength.

To sell or vend.

To step forward or stride.

邁亞美迈亚美

Miami, a city in the United States.

賣報紙卖报纸

To be published or printed in a newspaper.

To sell; to part with goods, property, or services in exchange for money.

To flirt, play the coquette, or act coquettish.

To sing for a living, especially as a street, bar, or teahouse performer rather than a pop star.

maai6 daai6 baau1

賣大包卖大包

To sell things at a massive discount or give away items as a major promotion.

Selling well, or ready and fit to be sold.

Selling point; an attractive feature of a product or service.

maai6 faa1 zaan3 faa1 hoeng1

賣花讚花香卖花赞花香

To praise one's own products or work; to blow one's own trumpet.

To sell or export goods, movies, or television shows to overseas markets.

maai6 fei1 fat6

賣飛佛卖飞佛

One's favorite thing.

maai6 fong1 si5 coeng4

賣方市場卖方市场

Sellers' market.

Seller; the selling party in a transaction.

maai6 gou3 baak6

賣告白卖告白

To air advertisements or commercials on television or radio.

maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3

賣官鬻爵卖官鬻爵

To sell official positions and noble titles, describing a corrupt government.

maai6 gwaan1 zi2

賣關子卖关子

To stop just short of a story's climax or a key announcement to keep people in suspense.

To betray one's country for personal gain.

maai6 gwok3 caak6

賣國賊卖国贼

National traitor; a derogatory term for someone who betrays their country.

maai6 haam4 aap3 daan2

賣鹹鴨蛋卖咸鸭蛋

To die or pass away.

maai6 haam4 daan2

賣鹹蛋卖咸蛋

To die; to kick the bucket.

maai6 haam4 jyu4

賣鹹魚卖咸鱼

maai6 hau2 gwaai1

賣口乖卖口乖

To sweet-talk; to say sweet or flattering things to please someone without malicious intent.

To stride toward or head for a major goal or milestone.

To curry favor or ingratiate oneself with someone.

To sell one's own blood for money out of extreme poverty.

To prostitute oneself; to engage in prostitution.

maai6 ji4 juk6 neoi5

賣兒鬻女卖儿鬻女

To sell one's own children when driven to extreme poverty.