Cantonese words starting with M
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未遑多讓未遑多让
mei6 wong4 do1 joeng6see 不遑多讓|不遑多让[bu4 huang2 duo1 rang4]
味噌
mei6 zang1miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso")
味噌湯味噌汤
mei6 zang1 tong1miso soup
未知
mei6 zi1unknown
未知死
mei6 zi1 sei2(adjective) fearless
味之素
mei6 zi1 sou3Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
未知數未知数
mei6 zi1 sou3(noun) Uncertainty
未知數兒未知数儿
mei6 zi1 sou3 ji4erhua variant of 未知數|未知数[wei4 zhi1 shu4]
未置可否
mei6 zi3 ho2 fau2to refuse to comment
味精
mei6 zing1monosodium glutamate (MSG)
未做
mei6 zou6not done
味粥
mei6 zuk1Flavor congee
媚俗
mei6 zuk6to cater to the public's taste; commercial
名
meng2name; place (e.g. among winners); classifier for people; title; fame
命薄
meng6 bok6to be unlucky
命醜命丑
meng6 cau2Bad fate
命苦
meng6 fu2to be born under an ill star
命根
meng6 gan1lifeblood; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
命根子
meng6 gan1 zi2see 命根[ming4 gen1]
命硬
meng6 ngaang6to be able to survive through the roughs and the toughs; someone who is hard to kill [colloquial]
命水
meng6 seoi2destiny; fate
命仔都冇埋
meng6 zai2 dou1 mou5 maai4to lose one's life over something [colloquial]
命正
meng6 zeng3Good fate
眯
mi1to blind (as with dust)
咪媽爛臭咪妈烂臭
mi1 maa1 laan6 cau3smelly
咪咪
mi1 mi1oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc; kitty kitty!; tits (i.e. slang for breasts)
咪咪嚒嚒
mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1to be very slow in doing something; to take a long time to do something [colloquial]
咪咪摸摸
mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1Slowly
糸
mik6fine silk
蓂
mik6used in 菥蓂[xi1 mi4]
覓觅
mik6(literary) to seek
覓取觅取
mik6 ceoi2to seek
冪等幂等
mik6 dang2idempotent (math.)
覓句觅句
mik6 geoi3to search for the right word (of poet)
冪級數幂级数
mik6 kap1 sou3power series (math.)
汨羅汨罗
mik6 lo4see 汨羅市|汨罗市[Mi4 luo2 Shi4]
汨羅江汨罗江
mik6 lo4 gong1Miluo River in Hunan province, tributary of the Xiang River 湘江[Xiang1 Jiang1], flows into Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
汨羅市汨罗市
mik6 lo4 si5Miluo, a county-level city in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
汨水
mik6 seoi2name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]
覓食觅食
mik6 sik6to forage; to scavenge
覓食行為觅食行为
mik6 sik6 hang4 wai4foraging
面大
min2 daai6literally: big face; reputable or influential in social standing
面頭面头
min2 tau4on top
媔
min4pretty eyes
棉
min4generic term for cotton or kapok; padded or quilted with cotton
眠
min4to sleep; lying down
綿绵
min4silk floss; soft; mild-mannered (dialect); wool
綿白糖绵白糖
min4 baak6 tong4sugar powder
綿薄绵薄
min4 bok6my humble effort
棉布
min4 bou3cotton cloth
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