Cantonese words starting with M
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名片
ming4 pin2(business) card
名山
ming4 saan1see 名山區|名山区[Ming2 shan1 Qu1]
明山
ming4 saan1see 明山區|明山区[Ming2 shan1 Qu1]
名山大川
ming4 saan1 daai6 cyun1famous mountains and great rivers
明山區明山区
ming4 saan1 keoi1Mingshan, a district of Benxi City 本溪市[Ben3 xi1 Shi4], Liaoning
明細明细
ming4 sai3clear and detailed; details (are as follows:)
明細表明细表
ming4 sai3 biu2schedule; a detailed list
名臣
ming4 san4important official or statesman (in feudal China)
明十三陵
ming4 sap6 saam1 ling4the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing)
名實名实
ming4 sat6name and reality
明實錄明实录
ming4 sat6 luk6Ming Veritable Records, imperial annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
名手
ming4 sau2master
明手
ming4 sau2dummy (in bridge)
明水
ming4 seoi2see 明水縣|明水县[Ming2 shui3 Xian4]
明水縣明水县
ming4 seoi2 jyun6Mingshui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
名垂青史
ming4 seoi4 cing1 si2lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
明邃
ming4 seoi6glistening and piercing
明信片
ming4 seon3 pin2postcard
名師名师
ming4 si1famous master
名師出高徒名师出高徒
ming4 si1 ceot1 gou1 tou4A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
明斯克
ming4 si1 hak1Minsk, capital of Belarus
明史
ming4 si2History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
名士
ming4 si6(old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
明示
ming4 si6to state explicitly
明晰
ming4 sik1clear; well-defined; limpid
名聲名声
ming4 sing1reputation
明星
ming4 sing1star; celebrity
名勝名胜
ming4 sing3a place famous for its scenery or historical relics; CL:處|处[chu4]
名勝古跡名胜古迹
ming4 sing3 gu2 zik1historical sites and scenic spots
名城
ming4 sing4famous city
名成利就
ming4 sing4 lei6 zau6rich, successful with high social status
明成祖
ming4 sing4 zou2Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
名相
ming4 soeng3famous prime minister (in ancient China)
名數名数
ming4 sou3(grammar) number plus classifier
明宣宗
ming4 syun1 zung1temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2]
明太祖
ming4 taai3 zou2Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
明體明体
ming4 tai2Mincho
明天
ming4 tin1tomorrow
明天見明天见
ming4 tin1 gin3see you tomorrow
明天啟明天启
ming4 tin1 kai2Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
名帖
ming4 tip3name card
名堂
ming4 tong4item (in a program of entertainments); worthwhile result; sth significant but not immediately apparent
名畫名画
ming4 waa2famous painting
名畫家名画家
ming4 waa2 gaa1famous painter
名為名为
ming4 wai4to be called
名諱名讳
ming4 wai5taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
名位
ming4 wai6fame and position
明慧
ming4 wai6intelligent
明屈
ming4 wat1force one to take the blame or responsibility
明和
ming4 wo4Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan; Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)
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