Cantonese words starting with M

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Mosquito net; a protective net used to keep mosquitoes away.

Literature, writing, or language.

An undesirable situation, a state of being not quite enough, or a boundary.

The Min River in Sichuan, China.

An character used in people's names.

People; the citizens or populace of a particular place.

Veins or streaks in jade.

To tattoo; to puncture the skin with pigment to create a permanent design or text.

To smell, sniff, or detect an odor with the nose.

The common people or multitude; also refers to crops with a longer growth period and late harvest.

Multicolored clouds, now primarily used as a character in personal names.

Used in place names.

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文白異讀文白异读

Literary and colloquial readings; different readings of the same Chinese character used in literary versus colloquial contexts.

Writing style and proficiency in writing.

man4 bat1 deoi3 tai4

文不對題文不对题

Irrelevant, wide of the mark, or totally missing the point.

man4 bat1 liu4 sang1

The people have no livelihood; the people live in extreme hardship and misery.

Militia; a non-professional military force made up of civilians.

Text; content made of symbols like text, images, or sounds that can be interpreted.

man4 caau1 gung1

A plagiarist; a derogatory term for someone who copies others' writings.

The conditions, sentiments, or feelings of the general public.

Wenchang, the Taoist god of culture, literature, and academic success.

Writing talent, grace, or literary merit.

Wenchong, a subdistrict in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou.

Ghostwriter or chief speechwriter, especially for a politician; a trusted advisor who drafts key documents and speeches.

To hear of something, or to be able to smell something.

Opinion poll; a public survey to measure public opinion on a particular issue.

Document; a file.

To smell; to perceive an odor.

Culture or civilization.

man4 faa3 daai6 gaak3 ming6

文化大革命

The Cultural Revolution; the major political movement in China from 1966 to 1976.

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Cultural sphere; a geographic region sharing common cultural characteristics.

man4 faa3 wai4 caan2

文化遺產文化遗产

Cultural heritage; items, buildings, or customs of historical, artistic, or scientific preservation value.

man4 faa3 zung1 sam1

The Hong Kong Cultural Centre, a performing arts venue located on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.

Grammar; the systematic rules of a language, especially regarding verb tenses and parts of speech.

The anger or indignation of the people.

Liberal arts; the arts stream, encompassing humanities, arts, and social sciences.

Low flame; a gentle or small fire used in cooking.

A scholar's study, or by extension, stationery.

Civil defence; civil defense.

man4 fong4 sei3 bou2

文房四寶文房四宝

The Four Treasures of the Study, referring to writing tools originating in China: paper, brush, ink, and inkstone.

Social customs, folkways, or the general public spirit of a place.

man4 fung1 song3 daam2

聞風喪膽闻风丧胆

To become terror-stricken at the mere mention of something or upon hearing the news.

The Cultural Revolution; short for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

Folk, popular, or non-governmental; relating to the common people rather than the authorities.

A residential area or housing for ordinary people.

Stationery; tools and supplies used for writing and organizing documents.

man4 geoi6 pou2

文具舖文具铺

Stationery store.