Cantonese words starting with M

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maang6 gaa1 laai1 jyu5

孟加拉語孟加拉语

Bengali (language)

maang6 gaa1 laai1 waan1

孟加拉灣孟加拉湾

Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet

maang6 goeng1 neoi5

heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body

maang6 hou6 jin4

Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet

maang6 lin4 jyun6

孟連縣孟连县

see 孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣|孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县[Meng4 lian2 Dai3 zu2 La1 hu4 zu2 Wa3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

maang6 lin4 taai3 zuk6 laai1 wu2 zuk6 ngaa5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县

Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan

maang6 loeng4 gu3

Mt Mengliang in Mengyin county 蒙陰縣|蒙阴县[Meng2 yin1 xian4], Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong

maang6 loeng4 gu3 zin3 jik6

孟良崮戰役孟良崮战役

Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists

hasty; impetuous

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

maang6 mou5 saam1 cin1

孟母三遷孟母三迁

Literally: it is a Proverb "The mother of Mencius changed her home

Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher

maang6 si1 sing4

孟思誠孟思诚

Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom

maang6 soeng4 gwan1

孟嘗君孟尝君

Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

see 孟州市[Meng4 zhou1 Shi4]

maang6 zau1 si5

Mengzhou, a county-level city in Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan

see 孟津區|孟津区[Meng4 jin1 Qu1]

Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius

maang6 zung1 zuk1

see 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]

to wipe; to slip something off; to sentence to prison

verb; to clean or wipe the floor

maat3 gon1 zeng6

抹乾淨抹干净

to wipe something clean [written and colloquial]

to wipe the body

maat3 sau2 mou4 gan1

a hand towel [written and colloquial]

maat3 toi2 bou3

noun; wiping cloth, tablecloth

maat3 toi4 bou3

抹檯布抹台布

table cleaning cloth

an alternative form for 襪, socks

cat M: 只zhī [只]; (coll.) modem; to be drunk

a cat bed; a cat basket

Felidae (the cat family)

cat street (Japanese cartoon) ;Lascar Row (informally known as Cat Street), a street in Hong Kong known for selling stolen goods;

a device used to detect mobile short wave radio used by taxi and truck drivers [colloquial]

maau1 huk1 hou3 zi2

貓哭耗子猫哭耗子

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence

maau1 huk1 hou3 zi2 gaa2 ci4 bei1

貓哭耗子假慈悲猫哭耗子假慈悲

pretends to show sympathy for something; to shed crocrodile tears

maau1 huk1 lou5 syu2

貓哭老鼠猫哭老鼠

the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence

see 熊貓|熊猫[xiong2 mao1]

see 狐獴[hu2 meng3]

maau1 ji4 saan1

貓兒山猫儿山

Kitten Mountain, Guangxi

to bend over; to stoop down

ugly face (slang)

fishes used for feeding cats

maau1 mou6 zuk6

貓霧族猫雾族

Babuza, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

(coll.) something fishy; shenanigans

peephole (in a door)