Cantonese words starting with M

3,025 entries

min6 wong4 wong4

面黃黃面黄黄

Having a sickly pale or sallow face due to weakness or poor health.

Starchy and soft food; batter or flour paste.

Face, reputation, prestige, or dignity; one's value in the eyes of others.

Area; the size of a two-dimensional surface or plane.

Face value; the nominal value printed on the surface of an object like a banknote or a stamp.

To have a strained relationship or refuse to speak to each other after a disagreement.

On bad terms, awkward, or not talking to each other due to mutual hard feelings or a grudge.

Cheek; the soft part of the face below the eyes and between the nose and ears.

Cheeks; the fleshy part of the face.

Dark, dim, or obscure; also profound or deep.

Famous, well-known, or of high status.

Bright; well-lit.

To get dark, or to be dark and dusky.

The ocean; deep and vast waters.

To close one's eyes; also associated with night, dusk, or dimness.

Drunk, tipsy, or intoxicated.

To engrave or carve; an inscription or motto; to remember deeply.

To make a sound; to cry or call out (as a bird, insect, or animal); to ring or chime.

Light and darkness; contrast of light and shade.

To understand, comprehend, or know.

ming4 bat1 fu3 sat6

名不副實名不副实

To be more in name than in reality, or to fail to live up to one's reputation.

ming4 caa4 am3 fong2

明查暗訪明查暗访

To investigate both openly and secretly.

A register, roster, list, or catalogue containing the names of people or items.

ming4 caat3 cau1 hou4

To observe things with extreme clarity and in great detail.

One's place, position, or ranking in a competition or list.

Noun; a part of speech referring to people, things, time, places, or directions.

Name, title, or designation used to identify people, animals, or things.

Tomorrow morning.

ming4 coeng1 am3 zin3

明槍暗箭明枪暗箭

Open and hidden attacks, both overt and covert.

ming4 cou3 jat1 si4

名噪一時名噪一时

To be highly famous and make quite a stir for a certain period of time.

To blatantly and deliberately mock, ridicule, or taunt someone.

ming4 cyun4 sat6 mong4

名存實亡名存实亡

To exist in name only; to survive nominally but have no real substance or function.

A list of names; a roll or roster.

A guiding light; a scholar, prophet, or seer who points out the correct direction, or ironically, someone who always predicts wrongly.

To sound a horn, siren, or whistle.

ming4 dou1 ming4 coeng1

明刀明槍明刀明枪

To act or show one's intentions openly without concealment.

Clear and firm judgment, or to make such a judgment.

ming4 faa1 jau5 zyu2

To already have a boyfriend or a husband, describing a woman.

Straightforward, forthright, lucid, and lively.

Potassium alum; a white crystalline chemical substance used in baking powder and purification processes.

One's social, ethical, or relational position, status, or title.

An open flame; visible fire, as opposed to invisible heating methods like microwaves or induction.

ming4 fo2 daa2 gip3

To commit robbery openly and brazenly; to do bad things flagrantly without fear or care.

ming4 fo2 zap1 zoeng3

明火執仗明火执仗

To commit armed robbery openly, or to do wrong flagrantly and without fear of the law.

ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6

名副其實名副其实

To be worthy of one's name or reputation; to match name to reality.

ming4 fu4 kei4 sat6

名符其實名符其实

To live up to one's name; to be worthy of one's reputation.

An expert, master, or famous person in a specific field.

To understand clearly, or a clear explanation.

To clearly distinguish, observe, or scrutinize.