Cantonese words starting with M

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摩天樓摩天楼

mo1 tin1 lau4skyscraper

摩天輪摩天轮

mo1 tin1 leon4Ferris wheel

mo1 tok3(loanword) motor

摩托車摩托车

mo1 tok3 ce1(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle

摩托車的士摩托车的士

mo1 tok3 ce1 dik1 si2motorcycle taxi

摩托羅拉摩托罗拉

mo1 tok3 lo4 laai1Motorola

mo1 waan6magical; illusion

mo1 wong4devil king

mo1 wong4 saat3 daan3Satan, Devil king

mo1 zaau2Monster (energy drink)

mo1 zau3(magical) spell

mo1 zing1crazed; bewitched

mo1 zoeng2devil's clutches

mo1 zoeng3Mara (the demon of temptation)

mo1 zoeng6magic wand

mo2to feel with the hand; to stroke; to steal; to try to find; to check up on someone's background

mo2 baa1touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)

mo2 baat3 hyun1to play mahjong

摸不著摸不着

mo2 bat1 zoek6can't touch; can't reach

摸不着頭腦摸不着头脑

mo2 bat1 zoek6 tau4 nou5cannot make head or tail of something

摸不著頭腦摸不着头脑

mo2 bat1 zoek6 tau4 nou5to be unable to make any sense of the matter

mo2 coi2to draw lots; lottery

mo2 dai2to have a clear view (of a situation); fact-finding

mo2 hak1to grope about in the dark

mo2 hin2to grope a woman's genitals [colloquial]

mo2 jyu2to catch fish

mo2 maang4 maang4a blindfold game, where one person is blindfolded and will try to catch the others

mo2 mak6to feel sb's pulse

摸門釘摸门钉

mo2 mun4 deng1(slang) an expression when someone goes to visit their friends but no one is at home or to fail to visit a place because it is closed

摸爬滾打摸爬滚打

mo2 paa4 gwan2 daa2to go through challenging experiences

mo2 paai2to draw a tile (at mahjong)

mo2 paai4thorough search

mo2 saak3to feel about; to fumble

摸身摸勢摸身摸势

mo2 san1 mo2 sai3touching of body (spoken)

摸石頭過河摸石头过河

mo2 sek6 tau4 gwo3 ho4lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones; move cautiously

mo2 zau2 bui1 dai2to have an alcoholic drink

摸著石頭過河摸着石头过河

mo2 zoek6 sek6 tau4 gwo3 ho4to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom); to feel one's way forward

mo2 zoeng6to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)

mo4transliteration of part of a Buddhist chant

mo4to rub; to polish; to wear down; to waste time; to insist; obstacle

mo4Metaplexis stauntoni

mo4small loaf of steamed bread

磨不開磨不开

mo4 bat1 hoi1to feel embarrassed

mo4 caat3variant of 摩擦[mo2 ca1]

mo4 caat3 jam1sound caused by friction; sound of two things rubbing together

mo4 caat3 zo2 lik6frictional resistance

mo4 cong4grinding machine

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