Cantonese words starting with M

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mui4 mui4 laan6 laan6

霉霉爛爛霉霉烂烂

Worn out, rotten, or in a state of decay.

Coal ash, soot, or the powdery residue left after burning coal.

Media; the means of mass communication such as television, newspapers, and news websites.

Pork collar butt; pork shoulder butt.

Mui Wo, a town and bay on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.

Umeboshi; Japanese pickled plums.

Each or every; all of a group, with an emphasis on the individual instances.

Whenever; every time that something happens.

mui5 fong3 jyu6 haa6

每況愈下每况愈下

To steadily deteriorate, get worse, or decline continuously.

Whenever; every time a specific date, time, or event occurs.

Every day; each day.

Every day; daily.

Every night; each evening.

Every time; often, as in a situation where one action or event is always accompanied by another.

Each; every; per unit (for animals, vessels, utensils, and other things associated with the classifier 'zek3').

A girl or young woman; typically used as a suffix after an adjective or a nationality.

Younger sister's husband.

Younger sister.

To dive under water.

An ethnic minority group in China; the Mulam people.

An ancient character used in place names.

Tree; wood or timber.

To bathe, shower, or wash oneself; to be immersed in or bathed in.

To herd or tend livestock; also to govern or pasture.

Amicable, harmonious, and friendly.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Muk.

Wooden board or plank.

muk6 bat1 haa6 kap1

目不暇給目不暇给

Too many wonderful things for the eyes to take in at once.

muk6 bat1 sik1 ding1

目不識丁目不识丁

To be completely illiterate.

muk6 bat1 zyun2 zing1

目不轉睛目不转睛

To stare at something steadily or gaze intently.

A target, goal, or objective that one aims to achieve.

muk6 biu1 gun2 lei5

目標管理目标管理

Management by Objectives (MBO); a strategic management model that aims to improve organizational performance by aligning goals.

To estimate something by visual inspection, such as height, angle, depth, or distance.

At present; at the moment; currently.

muk6 cin4 wai4 zi2

目前為止目前为止

So far; up to now; up to the present point.

muk6 cing4 hau2 ngoi4

Staring blankly with one's mouth wide open; dumbfounded, stunned, or amazed.

Ranch or pasture; a grassland used for grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, and sheep.

Wood or timber used as a raw material for production.

Purpose, aim, target, or the desired result of an action or plan.

Destination; the final point of a journey.

muk6 ding6 hau2 ngoi4

Stunned and speechless.

To witness; to see an event happen with one's own eyes.

Expressionless, dull-witted, or socially awkward and unresponsive.

Wooden raft; a watercraft made by tying logs or bamboo together side by side.

A wooden beam; a piece of timber with a square cross section.

To herd; to graze; to pasture livestock.

Hibiscus; a genus of flowering plants.