Cantonese words starting with M

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Second to last; penultimate.

mei1 maa5 ging1

咪馬經咪马经

To study horse racing tips and guides diligently.

mei1 maai4 ngaan5

瞇埋眼眯埋眼

To close one's eyes; also used figuratively to mean to pass away.

The last or worst one.

Slow in one's movements or pace of doing things.

What else? What else could it be? Used to imply the answer is obvious.

The little finger; pinky.

Deep, or even more.

Flatter, charm, or act in a sycophantic manner.

More and more; increasingly.

Slight, light, or tiny in degree or size.

Brink; shore; bank of a body of water.

Drizzle; small rain.

Brimming, overflowing, or flooding.

Eyebrow; the hair on the ridge above the eye socket.

Congee, or a paste-like substance.

To tie up; a halter for an ox.

Vetch or osmunda, a type of fern or climbing plant used in plant names.

To fall down; to bend in the direction of a force.

Moose or elk; also a Chinese surname.

Mold or bacteria.

Eyebrow pencil; a cosmetic tool used for coloring eyebrows.

mei4 bat1 zuk1 dou6

Trivial, insignificant, or not worth mentioning.

Microwave; an electromagnetic wave used in telecommunications and cooking.

微波爐微波炉

Microwave oven; a household appliance that uses microwaves to heat food.

Microblog; a social media platform for short posts, such as Weibo.

Scanty, meager, or small in quantity.

mei4 cing1 muk6 sau3

Having delicate, refined, and beautiful facial features.

Black-eyed pea; a type of white bean with a black circle in the middle.

Differential; the mathematical representation of the rate of change of a function.

mei4 fei1 sik1 mou5

眉飛色舞眉飞色舞

To look overjoyed, enraptured, or extremely excited.

Microscopic; examining things from a very small-scale or detailed perspective.

To travel incognito, or a small path.

mei4 hoi1 ngaan5 siu3

眉開眼笑眉开眼笑

To beam with joy; to look extremely happy and cheerful.

A small amount of sweat; a light sweat.

Miniature, mini, or tiny; extremely small in scale.

mei4 jing4 mong5 zi3

微型網誌微型网志

Microblog; a blog or social media platform for making short, frequent posts.

Faint, weak, or barely perceptible, typically describing abstract things like sound or signals.

Light rain; drizzle; light showers.

The space between the eyebrows, or a person's facial expression.

Microsoft; the American multinational technology corporation.

Tweezers, especially those used for plucking eyebrows.

Mold; the common name for filamentous fungi.

Dissipated, debauched, or overindulging in harmful sensual pleasures.

A small profit or thin margin.

mei4 loi4 ngaan5 heoi3

眉來眼去眉来眼去

To flirt with the eyes; to exchange flirtatious glances or make eyes at one another.

Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus).

Micrometer; a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.

Slightly; describing an action that is very subtle or small in movement.