Cantonese words starting with M

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明德鎮明德镇

ming4 dak1 zan3Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)

ming4 dang1beacon; a bright light; to describe someone who give tips for gambling; matches but the results are often opposite to their forecast

ming4 dek6to hoot

ming4 ding3see 訂明|订明[ding4 ming2]

ming4 doi6the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

明刀明槍明刀明枪

ming4 dou1 ming4 coeng1verb; when an attacker openly declares his intent to attack; it refers to a person who is very straightforward, who makes his intentions clear.

ming4 dou2an island in the sea

ming4 dyun6clear judgement; to be clear and firm

ming4 faa1 jau5 zyu2the girl is already taken (idiom)

ming4 faai3adj; lucid and lively; sprightly; also it mean straightforward or forthright (personality)

ming4 faan4alum

ming4 fan6a person's status

ming4 fo2(noun) Fire

ming4 fo2 daa2 gip3verb; rob with torches and weapons; open robbery act recklessly and care for nobody; doing bad thing

明火執仗明火执仗

ming4 fo2 zap1 zoeng3to commit armed robbery openly or do wrong recklessly

ming4 fong2 fong2shining

名副其實名副其实

ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6(adjective) Veritable

名符其實名符其实

ming4 fu4 kei4 sat6it is what it claims to be; live up to one's name

ming4 gaa1School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names

ming4 gaai2noun; clear explanation, understand

ming4 gaam3to clearly distinguish

ming4 gaan1Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan

名間鄉名间乡

ming4 gaan1 hoeng1Mingjian or Mingchien Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan

ming4 gaau1gelatin

ming4 gaau2clear and bright

ming4 gaau3Manichaeism

ming4 gam1to beat a gong

鳴金收兵鸣金收兵

ming4 gam1 sau1 bing1to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat

鳴金收軍鸣金收军

ming4 gam1 sau1 gwan1to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat

ming4 gei6famous courtesan

ming4 geng3Der Spiegel

明鏡高懸明镜高悬

ming4 geng3 gou1 jyun4perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)

ming4 geoi3oft-quoted phrase; famous line

ming4 giu3called

ming4 giu3to emit a sound; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound

名韁利鎖名缰利锁

ming4 goeng1 lei6 so2(idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune

ming4 gok3famous actor

鳴角鴞鸣角鸮

ming4 gok3 hiu1Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)

名角兒名角儿

ming4 gok3 ji4erhua variant of 名角[ming2 jue2]

明崗暗哨明岗暗哨

ming4 gong1 am3 saau3both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)

明古魯明古鲁

ming4 gu2 lou5Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)

明古魯市明古鲁市

ming4 gu2 lou5 si5Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)

ming4 gu2 uk1Nagoya, city in Japan

ming4 gu2 uk1 si5Nagoya City

ming4 gwai3expensive

ming4 gwong1see 明光市[Ming2 guang1 Shi4]

ming4 gwong1 dou6luminosity

ming4 gwong1 si5Mingguang, a county-level city in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui

ming4 haa1prawn

ming4 haa6under sb's name

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