Cantonese Dictionary

莫斯科

mok6 si1 fo1

Mandarin: mo4 si1 ke1

Moscow (capital of Russia)

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莫桑比克海峽

mok6 song1 bei2 hak1 hoi2 haap6

Mozambique Channel

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莫水

mok6 seoi2

Cantonese

to experience bad fortune; to be poor | also 莫財

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莫耳

mok6 ji5

Mandarin: mo4 er3

mole (unit)

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莫薑

mok6 goeng1

Mandarin: mo4 jiang1

Simplified: 莫姜

gutless; cowardly [colloquial]

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莫說

mok6 syut3

Mandarin: mo4 shuo1

not to mention... ; let alone...

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莫講

mok6 gong2

Mandarin: mo4 jiang3

not to mention..., let alone

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莫財

mok6 coi4

Mandarin: mo4 cai2

Simplified: 莫财

to experience bad fortune; to be poor [colloquial]

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莫過於

mok6 gwo3 jyu1

Mandarin: mo4 guo4 yu2

nothing is more... than

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莫霍克

mok6 fok3 hak1

Mandarin: mo4 huo4 ke4

Mohawk (American Indian and haircut)

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莫非

mok6 fei1

Mandarin: mo4 fei1

could it be that...? (similar to 難道) | Cant. 唔通

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莫須有

mok6 seoi1 jau5

Mandarin: mo4 xu1 you3

feigned; made-up; trumped-up; fictitious

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莽

mong6

Mandarin: mang3

thick weeds | luxuriant growth | Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves | impertinent | rash | reckless | imprudent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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莽撞

mong5 zong6

Mandarin: mang3 zhuang4

rash; crude and impetuous; imprudent; harum-scarum

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莽漢

mong5 hon3

Mandarin: mang3 han4

a rough type of guy; a rude fellow

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萌

mang4

Mandarin: meng2

to sprout | to bud | to have a strong affection for (slang) | adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character) | to harbour (thought) | beginnining | initial | initiation | # adapted from cc-cedict

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萌塞

mang4 sak1

Mandarin: meng2 sai1

stubborn; narrow-minded; reluctant to take advice of others

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萌發

mang4 faat3

Mandarin: meng2 fa1

germinate

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萌芽

mang4 ngaa4

Mandarin: meng2 ya2

germinate

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萌萌噠

mang4 mang4 daat6

Mandarin: meng2 meng2 da5

(internet slang) used to describe someone or something that is adorable, cute, etc.

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萬

maan6

Mandarin: wan4

Simplified: 万

ten thousand; myriad

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萬

maak6

Mandarin: wan4

Simplified: 万

part of a double-barreled surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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萬一

maan6 jat1

Mandarin: wan4 yi1

Simplified: 万一

(noun) (of number) 1. eleven thousand or 11.,000 (e.g. money)

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萬丈

maan6 zoeng6

lofty or bottomless

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萬丈高樓平地起

maan6 zoeng6 gou1 lau4 ping4 dei6 hei2

the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth")

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萬丈高樓從地起

maan6 zoeng6 gou1 lau4 cung4 dei6 hei2

Mandarin: wan4 zhang4 gao1 lou2 cong2 di4 qi3

the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth")

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萬世師表

maan6 sai3 si1 biu2

Mandarin: wan4 shi4 shi1 biao3

Confucius (model teacher of the ages)

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萬事

maan6 si6

Mandarin: wan4 shi4

a myriad things or matters - everything

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萬事勝意

maan6 si6 sing3 ji3

Mandarin: wan4 shi4 sheng1 yi4

Simplified: 万事胜意

wishing the best for everything

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萬事大吉

maan6 si6 daai6 gat1

Mandarin: wan4 shi4 da4 ji2

everything is just fine; all's well with the world

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