Cantonese words starting with M

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sleepover (slang)

noun; master, describes leader or company management

double fours; not to mind one's own business; to be a busybody; 4+4=8 "八卦" , which means gossip,

Double Trio, a term in horse racing gambling

double trio in horseracing [colloquial]

two homes which are connected together; a duplex residential building

孖指徑孖指径

Smuggler's Ridge, located in Hong Kong

margin (profit); security deposits; a merchant; foreign currency trading

Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia

maa1 zyu6 soeng5

to partner up; to do something together

(adjective) So so (only in reduplication, "嘛嘛")

(final particle)

leprosy; measles; paralysis

variant of 麻má [麻]; sesame

variant of 麻痺|麻痹[ma2 bi4]

paralysis; numbness; (fig.) to lull; apathetic

maa4 bei3 daai6 ji3

麻痺大意麻痹大意

variant of 麻疹[ma2 zhen3]

(fashion) (loanword) model

fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)

麻花辮麻花辫

braided pigtail

trouble; inconvenience; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

maa4 faan4 nei5

麻煩你麻烦你

maa4 fung1 beng6

麻風病麻风病

(slang) (Tw) close friend; to get along well; congenial

maa4 gau1 faan4

麻鳩煩麻鸠烦

effing pain in the ass [colloquial]

see 麻江縣|麻江县[Ma2 jiang1 Xian4]

maa4 gong1 jyun6

麻江縣麻江县

Majiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 Miao2 zu2 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

Muggles (Harry Potter)

maa4 gwat1 gwaai2 zoeng6

麻骨枴杖麻骨拐杖

describes something that is useless or unreliable;of no use

(bird) eagle; black-eared kite

maa4 jing1 zuk1 gai1 zai2

麻鷹捉雞仔麻鹰捉鸡仔

a children's game: 'eagle catches chickens' (one person act as the eagle, another person act as the hen to protect the others who act as chicks)