Cantonese words starting with M

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Good words, compliments, or sweet talk spoken on someone's behalf.

Aesthetic education; art education.

To improve the appearance of one's face through beauty treatments.

mei5 jung4 jip6

美容業美容业

The beauty industry; beauty service sector.

mei5 jung4 jyun2

Beauty salon or beauty parlor; a place that provides beauty treatments.

美容師美容师

Beautician; a professional who provides skincare, makeup, and other appearance-improving services.

Good reputation; fame; prestige.

United States dollar.

Beautiful; pretty, typically describing women or scenery.

mei5 lai6 waa4 zau2 dim3

美麗華酒店美丽华酒店

Miramar Hotel, a hotel in Hong Kong.

美利濱美利滨

Melbourne; a historical or less common phonetic transcription of the Australian city.

mei5 lei6 gin1 hap6 zung3 gwok3

美利堅合衆國美利坚合衆国

United States of America

美利樓美利楼

mei5 leon4 mei5 wun6

美侖美奐美仑美奂

Magnificent, spectacular, and beautiful, especially of buildings.

Arts and crafts.

Milo; a chocolate malt beverage.

mei5 lung4 gwat1

尾龍骨尾龙骨

Coccyx; the tailbone or lowest section of the spine.

Beautiful looks; a beautiful face or appearance.

mei5 mei5 ji4 taam4

娓娓而談娓娓而谈

To speak fluently, untiringly, and with great interest.

Delicious, tasty, or flavorful.

Wonderful, beautiful, splendid, or amazing.

Happy, perfect, satisfactory, or fulfilling.

A sweet, beautiful dream; a pleasant fond hope or fantasy.

A beautiful woman; a beauty.

The last ritual worship of the earth god on the 16th day of the 12th lunar month, or the company dinner held on this day.

mei5 saa1 tung4

Methadone; a medication used to treat addiction to heroin, morphine, and opium.

Maxim's, a prominent food and beverage restaurant group based in Hong Kong.

mei5 sam1 faai3 caan1

Maxim's MX; a well-known Hong Kong fast food chain operated by Maxim's Caterers.

mei5 sam1 sai1 beng2

美心西餅美心西饼

Maxim's Cakes, a major bakery chain in Hong Kong.

The last batch of something, or a sign that something is drawing to a close.

Fine arts; the process of creating visual works that express creativity or aesthetic beauty.

mei5 seot6 gun2

美術館美术馆

Art museum or art gallery; a venue that collects and exhibits works of art.

mei5 sik1 zuk1 kau4

American football; the game or the ball.

Delicious food; fine food; delicacy.

Coda or end; the concluding part of a piece of music, performance, or event.

Bel canto; a style of operatic singing originating in Italy.

The outstanding balance of a payment, or the digits after a decimal point.

An anecdote or commendable story that is widely praised and spoken of.

The Americas; the collective name for North and South America.

mei5 zau1 paau3

Jaguar; a large wild cat native to the Americas.

mei5 zik6 waa4 jan4

美籍華人美籍华人

American Chinese; a Chinese American.

mei5 zung1 bat1 zuk1

Almost perfect, but with a minor imperfection or a fly in the ointment.

Measure word for dishes or courses of a meal.

Dim, dark, or obscure; also meaning muddled or ignorant.

Not yet; have not; did not.

Demons, ghosts, or spirits.

Not necessarily; may not.

mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1

To have foresight; to be able to foresee or predict the future.

To have not yet; to have never experienced.