尾

mei4

[[a tail]] a reprisal; bad consequences; loose ends.

爛尾

laan6 mei5

塘尾

tong4 mei5*1

[粵]: dragonfly; (placename) Tong May

床頭打交床尾和

cong4 tau4 daa2 gaau1 cong4 mei5 wo4

a lover's spat, a not-so serious argument

耷尾

daap3 mei5

fizzle out (spoken)

屌你老尾冚家剷

diu2 nei5 lou5 mei5 ham6 gaa1 caan2

euphemism for 'fuck your mother you bastard', foul language insulting one's moth

頭頭尾尾

tau4 tau4 mei5 mei5

odds and ends; from the start to the end

冇尾燒豬

mou5 mei5 siu1 zyu1

unlikely to be anything good [colloquial]

爛尾

laan6 mei5

an abandoned project (lit., "broken tail")

髮尾

faat3 mei5

ends of hair

後尾枕

hau6 mei5 zam2

occiput (back of the head)

神龍見首不見尾

san4 lung4 gin3 sau2 bat1 gin3 mei5

appear and disappear in quick succession; to be secretive in one's movement and

首尾音

sau2 mei5 jam1

onset and rime

尾數

mei5 sou3

a balance left over; money still owed

食尾糊

sik6 mei5 wu4

the last to reap the benefits or profits (slang)

尾龍骨

mei5 lung4 gwat1

coccyx; tailbone

搖尾乞憐

jiu4 mei5 hat1 lin4

literally: (dog) wag the tail and flatter, it is to describe people who need to

後尾

hau6 mei1

behind; at the end (spatially)

最尾

zeoi3 mei1

noun; last, last position

韻尾

wan6 mei5

syllable coda; the consonant(s) after the vowel of the last syllable of a word (

尾二

mei5*1 ji6*2

last but two; the bottom second; the penultimate | [普]: 倒數第二