Cantonese words starting with M

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mak6 jyu4 zaam6

墨魚站墨鱼站

Vehicle emissions testing centre.

Tacit understanding; a mutual agreement or rapport reached without speaking.

A two-character Chinese compound surname.

Mime or silent play; drama performed without dialogue using only body language.

麥理浩麦理浩

Crawford Murray MacLehose, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong.

mak6 lei5 hou6 zoek3 si6

麥理浩爵士麦理浩爵士

Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong.

Veins of a leaf or body, or the logical sequence and coherence of ideas.

An unfamiliar or unknown road; strangers or people who have grown apart.

Dark green, blackish green, or forest green.

McMug, a famous Hong Kong cartoon pig character featured in comic strips.

Silently, quietly, or secretly; doing something without others knowing.

mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4

默默無言默默无言

To keep silent; to say nothing or not utter a word.

mak6 mak6 mou4 man4

默默無聞默默无闻

Obscure and unknown to the public; having no fame or reputation.

mak6 mak6 sung3

麥麥送麦麦送

McDelivery; the food delivery service of McDonald's.

Malt; germinated barley seeds used in brewing, distilling, and confectionery.

mak6 ngaa4 tong2

麥芽糖麦芽糖

Maltose or malt syrup, a sticky sugar made from fermented malt.

Freckles or moles on the skin.

To observe a moment of silence to mourn and show respect for the deceased.

Oatmeal; a food product made from processed oats.

Oatmeal or rolled oats; a quick-cooking or instant food made from steamed, baked, and rolled barley or oats.

Mexico; a country in North America bordering the United States and Guatemala.

mak6 sai1 go1 baau1

Mexico bun; a hemispherical Hong Kong style bun with a thin, sweet, buttery crust.

mak6 sai1 go1 bok6 beng2

墨西哥薄餅墨西哥薄饼

Tortilla; a type of thin Mexican flatbread made from corn or wheat.

mak6 sai1 go1 sing4

Mexico City, the capital of Mexico located on a high plateau in the center of the country.

mak6 sai1 go1 waan1

墨西哥灣墨西哥湾

Strange, unfamiliar, or unacquainted.

mak6 sang1 jan4

Stranger; a person whom one does not know and has no connection with.

To write down from memory; to do a dictation by writing down recalled words or spelling.

Ink; writing fluid.

mak6 seoi2 bat1

墨水筆墨水笔

Fountain pen; a writing instrument with an internal ink reservoir.

Mole; a small, dark spot on the skin.

Dictation; a teaching method used to train students in writing, divided into read-and-write and recitation.

Prepared Chinese ink or squid ink.

mak6 zeon3 lung4

麥浚龍麦浚龙

Juno Mak, a Hong Kong singer and actor.

Mozi, the Warring States period philosopher, or the classic text containing his teachings.

Malt drink; a beverage made of processed and flavored malt extract.

The condition, rhythm, and state of a person's pulse.

To trust or have confidence; a letter or mail.

Mosquito; a flying insect where the females suck blood and can transmit diseases.

man1 bei2 tung4 ngau4 bei2

蚊髀同牛髀

Incomparable; a comparison between two things of vastly different scales, strength, or status.

man1 bei2 tung4 ngau4 pei2

蚊髀同牛脾

A massive disparity between two things; incomparable, like a mosquito's thigh compared with a cow's thigh.

A general term for mosquitoes and similar small biting insects.

Way too late; describing a person or thing arriving much too late.

man1 dou1 fan3 laa1

Expression used to describe something that is happening far too late.

Blood, when fed on by mosquitoes.

An informal way to refer to the Hong Kong dollar, or simply one dollar.

Mosquito coil; a spiral-shaped incense containing insect repellent used to repel mosquitoes.

Mosquito bite; a red, swollen bump on the skin caused by a mosquito bite.