Cantonese words starting with M

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variant of 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)

round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)

(of a bird, animal or plant) male; hills

variant of 茅[mao2]

to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; (coll.) to concentrate one's strength

Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong

maau5 daan1 gong1

see 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4]

maau5 daan1 gong1 si5

Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

maau5 daan1 hoeng1

牡丹鄉牡丹乡

Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

maau5 daan1 kaa1

Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

maau5 daan1 keoi1

牡丹區牡丹区

Mudan, a district of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong

maau5 daan1 pei4

root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)

maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 pang4 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4

牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 zoeng6 luk6 jip6 fu4

牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 zoeng6 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4

牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，zung1 seoi1 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4

牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

maau5 daan1 ting4

The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3]

maau5 deng1 coeng1

鉚釘槍铆钉枪

maau5 ging6 ji4

鉚勁兒铆劲儿

to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort

maau5 joeng4 zo6

Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

maau5 sau3 sing1 tyun4

昴宿星團昴宿星团

mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)

5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

maau5 sing1 tyun4

昴星團昴星团

Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)

to join with rivets; riveted joint

maau5 zuk1 ging6 ji4

鉚足勁兒铆足劲儿

to exert all one's strength

appearance; to receive formally; baseless

to appear to be

maau6 hap6 sam1 lei4

貌合心離貌合心离

see 貌合神離|貌合神离[mao4 he2 shen2 li2]

maau6 hap6 san4 lei4

貌合神離貌合神离

the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement

appearance (esp. superficial); to judge a person by appearances

Parking parameter

a person who studies day and night

mai1 gou1 fung1

streptomycin, an antibiotic drug

riddle; puzzle; mystery

(verb) 1. Obsess with (something or someone); (adjective)