Cantonese words starting with M

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冇膽匪類冇胆匪类

mou5 daam2 fei2 leoi6someone who wants to do something that defies the norm of the society but he

冇膽鬼冇胆鬼

mou5 daam2 gwai2coward

mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6to suffer difficult times; to struggle to make a living (literally 'nothing good to eat')

mou5 daan2female military role in a Chinese opera

mou5 daan2parent shell (of a cluster bomb)

mou5 daap3 saap3not committed; slack; not concentrating

冇搭颯冇搭飒

mou5 daap3 saap3irresponsible

mou5 dak1unable; cannot (spoken)

mou5 dak1martial arts virtues; martial arts morals

無得彈无得弹

mou5 dak1 daan2perfect; impeccable

冇得頂冇得顶

mou5 dak1 ding2It's fantastic!

冇得揮冇得挥

mou5 dak1 fai1incomparable; unbeatable [colloquial]

冇得揀冇得拣

mou5 dak1 gaan2there's no choice

冇得傾冇得倾

mou5 dak1 king1non-negotiable (spoken)

冇得彈冇得弹

mou5 dak1 taan4(adjective) perfect; flawless; excellent; impeccable

mou5 dak1 zaau2no change (monetary change when buying something) available [colloquial]

mou5 deng6 kei5have no place for one; no status for one

冇訂企冇订企

mou5 deng6 kei5to be push out of one's territory; to be made to feel unwelcomed or unneeded in a place [colloquial]

mou5 ding1Wu Ding (c. 1250–1192 BC), Shang dynasty king known from oracle bone inscriptions

mou5 ding6Wuding reign name (543–550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]

武定縣武定县

mou5 ding6 jyun6Wuding, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

mou5 ding6 sing3to refer somebody cannot settle down, or pay attention to things

冇定準冇定准

mou5 ding6 zeon2not necessarily ;not sure

武當山武当山

mou5 dong1 saan1Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei

mou5 dong2mother's kinfolk

mou5 dou1see 武都區|武都区[Wu3 du1 Qu1]

武都區武都区

mou5 dou1 keoi1Wudu, a district of Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu

mou5 dou1 si5Wudu city in Gansu

mou5 dou6choreography

mou5 dou6 gaa1dancer

mou5 dyun3arbitrary; dogmatic

mou5 fan1 cyun3to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits

mou5 fu3arsenal

mou5 fu4hopeless; at wit's end; nothing else can be done

mou5 fung1queen bee

mou5 gaa1 gaau3(adjective) ill-mannered; uncouth; to describe someone with vulgar behaviour (with the implication that his family did not raise or teach him well)

無家教无家教

mou5 gaa1 gaau3not brought up properly; bad upbringing; ill-mannered; poorly disciplined

mou5 gaai2(adjective) unable to explain; no reason for; for no apparent reason

mou5 gaau1 jik6no sale; no deal

mou5 gai2no alternative, no way around, no use in arguing; an expression used to tell someone not to make a fuss about the trivial matters, usually as a kind gesture to a friend, similar to saying something to the effect of "don't worry about it" ;

冇咁好氣冇咁好气

mou5 gam2 hou2 hei3to quit arguing with someone

mou5 gam3not so [colloquial]

冇咁大個頭就唔好帶咁大頂帽冇咁大个头就唔好带咁大顶帽

mou5 gam3 daai6 go3 tau4 zau6 m4 hou2 daai3 gam3 daai6 deng2 mou6one can only spend as much as one can afford; one should not over stretch beyond their limits ; abilities; to not bite off more than one can chew [colloquial]

mou5 gan1not proper

冇緊要冇紧要

mou5 gan2 jiu3It's alright

mou5 gau2(noun) female dog

mou5 gei1machine tool

冇幾何冇几何

mou5 gei2 ho2not often; seldom

冇幾可冇几可

mou5 gei2 ho2rarely; seldom [colloquial]

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