Cantonese words starting with M
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茅竹
maau4 zuk1variant of 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]
卯
maau5mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
峁
maau5round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
泖
maau5still water
牡
maau5(of a bird, animal or plant) male; hills
茆
maau5variant of 茅[mao2]
鉚铆
maau5to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; (coll.) to concentrate one's strength
牡丹
maau5 daan1Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
牡丹江
maau5 daan1 gong1see 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4]
牡丹江市
maau5 daan1 gong1 si5Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 lon...
牡丹鄉牡丹乡
maau5 daan1 hoeng1Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
牡丹卡
maau5 daan1 kaa1Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
牡丹區牡丹区
maau5 daan1 keoi1Mudan, a district of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
牡丹皮
maau5 daan1 pei4root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持
maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 pang4 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green l...
牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 zoeng6 luk6 jip6 fu4Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green l...
牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持
maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，cyun4 zoeng6 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green l...
牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，zung1 seoi1 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green l...
牡丹亭
maau5 daan1 ting4The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3]
鉚釘铆钉
maau5 deng1rivet
鉚釘槍铆钉枪
maau5 deng1 coeng1rivet gun
鉚勁兒铆劲儿
maau5 ging6 ji4to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
鉚工铆工
maau5 gung1riveter
牡羊座
maau5 joeng4 zo6Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
牡蠣牡蛎
maau5 lai6oyster
牡鹿
maau5 luk6stag
卯眼
maau5 ngaan5mortise
牡牛
maau5 ngau4bull
昴宿星團昴宿星团
maau5 sau3 sing1 tyun4Pleiades M45
卯榫
maau5 seon2mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
卯時卯时
maau5 si45-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
昴星團昴星团
maau5 sing1 tyun4Pleiades M45
卯兔
maau5 tou3Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
鉚接铆接
maau5 zip3to join with rivets; riveted joint
鉚足勁兒铆足劲儿
maau5 zuk1 ging6 ji4to exert all one's strength
貌
maau6appearance; to receive formally; baseless
貌似
maau6 ci5to appear to be
貌合心離貌合心离
maau6 hap6 sam1 lei4see 貌合神離|貌合神离[mao4 he2 shen2 li2]
貌合神離貌合神离
maau6 hap6 san4 lei4the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies...
貌美
maau6 mei5good looks
貌相
maau6 soeng3appearance (esp. superficial); to judge a person by appearances
咪表
mai1 biu1Parking parameter
咪錶咪表
mai1 biu1parking meter
咪家
mai1 gaa1a person who studies day and night
咪高峰
mai1 gou1 fung1microphone
咪仙
mai1 sin1streptomycin, an antibiotic drug
咪書咪书
mai1 syu1to study hard
咪嘴
mai1 zeoi2to lip-sync
謎谜
mai4riddle; puzzle; mystery
迷
mai4(verb) 1. Obsess with (something or someone); (adjective)
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