Cantonese words starting with M

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物质
mat6 zat1matter; material; CL:個|个[ge4]
物质财富
mat6 zat1 coi4 fu3material wealth; material possessions
物质享受
mat6 zat1 hoeng2 sau6material benefits
物质文明
mat6 zat1 man4 ming4material culture
物质文明和精神文明
mat6 zat1 man4 ming4 wo4 zing1 san4 man4 ming4material and spiritual culture; material progress, ideology and culture (phil...
物质生活
mat6 zat1 sang1 wut6a materialistic life
密质质
mat6 zat1 zat1(adjective) very dense; very close (like side by side); tightly packed
物质奖励
mat6 zat1 zoeng2 lai6materialistic rewards; materialistic incentives
物质主义
mat6 zat1 zyu2 ji6materialism
物尽其用
mat6 zeon6 kei4 jung6to use sth to the full
物资
mat6 zi1provisions
袜子
mat6 zi2socks; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1]
密致
mat6 zi3compact; dense; close-spaced
密织
mat6 zik1closely woven
mat6 zik6close planting
蜜饯
mat6 zin3food preserved in sugar or honey
物证
mat6 zing3material evidence
mat6 zip3closely connected; inseparably related
密诏
mat6 ziu3secret imperial edict
密帐
mat6 zoeng3secret account (e.g. bank account)
蜜枣
mat6 zou2candied jujube
mat6 zung1Vajrayana
物种
mat6 zung2species
物种起源
mat6 zung2 hei2 jyun4Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
mat6 zyu2owner
物主代词
mat6 zyu2 doi6 ci4possessive pronoun
物主限定词
mat6 zyu2 haan6 ding6 ci4possessive (in grammar)
mau1ruffian; hooligan; vulgarism
mau1(Cant.) to squat; to stay
踎厕
mau1 ci3squating toilet; squatter
mau1 dai1kneel down (spoken)
mau1 dan1unemployed
踎趸
mau1 dan1unemployed
mau1 dang3to do time in jail [colloquial]
mau1 dau1unemployed; very poor [colloquial]
mau1 gaai1squatting on the street (spoken)
踎监
mau1 gaam1to be jailed (spoken)
mau1 taap3excreting (spoken)
mau4barley; to seek or obtain; old variant of 眸móu [眸]; a surname; to strive after
mau4pupil (of the eye); to look down at attentively
mau4to repair; affectionate
mau4(verb) 1. Negotiate; 2. Discuss; (noun) Plot
mau4(archaic) iron pot
mau4bang (hair); mane
mau4barley
mau4 ceoi2to gain profit (by underhand means); see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3]
谋取
mau4 ceoi2to seek; to obtain
mau4 ceoi2 bou6 lei6to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
谋刺
mau4 ci3to plot to assassinate
谋财害命
mau4 coi4 hoi6 meng6to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money

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