Cantonese words starting with M

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To raise, collect, or recruit by inviting or appealing to others.

Hat or cap; headwear worn for protection from the sun or rain, for warmth, or as decoration.

To stand out, be conspicuous, or become prominent.

Little girl or young daughter.

A playful or slightly derogatory nickname for a young girl or woman.

A maidservant or female servant; also used to describe a woman who does chores for others.

mui1 zai2 daai6 gwo3 zyu2 jan2 po4

妹仔大過主人婆妹仔大过主人婆

A situation where a subordinate, secondary, or accessory element overshadows the main subject.

mui1 zai2 deng1

Little girl; young girl.

A shill, plant, or decoy placed in an audience to entice others to fall for a scam or trick.

Classifier for small, flat objects such as coins, stamps, or badges.

The Chinese plum or Japanese apricot tree (Prunus mume), or its flower or fruit.

Coal; a black or brown sedimentary rock used as fossil fuel.

Used in the word for rose (玫瑰).

Pork tenderloin, or tender meat on the back of an animal.

Berry; a general term for various small, fleshy, and juicy fruits, typically used in compound words.

An enzyme; a biological catalyst, mostly composed of proteins.

Mouldy, or worn out to the point of breaking.

Meicai; a traditional Chinese dried, salted, and pickled mustard green.

Creased, wrinkled, or crumpled clothes.

mui4 coi3 kau3 juk6

Braised pork with preserved mustard greens, a classic Cantonese dish.

Syphilis; a bacterial sexually transmitted infection.

Plum blossom, or the club suit in playing cards.

mui4 faa1 gaan3 zuk1

梅花間竹梅花间竹

Alternating; in an alternating series or ABAB sequence.

mui4 faa1 jyun2 zaam6

梅花園站梅花园站

Meihuayuan Station, a metro station in Guangzhou.

Coal dust or pulverized coal.

Medium, agent, or intermediary that connects two parties or things.

A type of pickled ginger.

A prune; a dried plum.

Rose; a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, known for its thorny stems and fragrant flowers.

mui4 gwai3 lou6

Mei kuei lu chiew; a type of Chinese liquor distilled with fresh rose petals.

Coal gas or town gas.

mui4 hei3 dang1

煤氣燈煤气灯

A gas lamp or gas light.

煤氣費煤气费

煤氣罐煤气罐

A gas cylinder, canister, or gas tank.

煤氣喉煤气喉

煤氣爐煤气炉

Gas burner or gas stove.

煤氣掣煤气掣

A gas valve or gas tap.

mui4 hoi1 ji6 dou6

梅開二度梅开二度

To do the same thing twice, or for a woman to marry for a second time.

Rose color; rose pink.

Matchmaker; a person who introduces couples with the intention of marriage or a relationship.

Female matchmaker.

Kerosene; a petroleum product used as fuel.

mui4 jim6 fong1

梅艷芳梅艳芳

Anita Mui Yim-fong, the late Hong Kong singer and actress.

Tenderloin; pork collar butt; the tender cut of meat from the upper shoulder or back of an animal.

Meixian, a district of Meizhou, Guangdong, China where Hakka is the main language.

Mold or mildew; a type of fungus that grows easily in humid conditions.

Coal mine; a mine where coal is extracted.

Rotten and tattered; describes something that is both ruined and dirty.

Coal stove; a coal-burning furnace used for heating or cooking.

An affectionate term of address or reference for a little or young girl.