Cantonese Dictionary

門面話

mun4 min6*2 waa6

insincere speech; "lip service" (lit., "facade speech")

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門風

mun4 fung1

Mandarin: men2 feng1

(mahjong) seat wind

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門風刻

mun4 fung1 kaan5

Mandarin: men2 feng1 ke4

(mahjong) pong/triplet of wind corresponding to your seat wind

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門齒

mun4 ci2

Mandarin: men2 chi3

incisor

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閔

man5

Mandarin: min3

Simplified: 闵

to sympathize | to pity | to feel compassion for | to mourn | to grieve | to urge on | to incite | a surname | disastrous news | to endeavour | an obstruction | # adapted from cc-cedict

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閔子騫

man5 zi2 hin1

Mandarin: Min3 Zi3 qian1

Simplified: 闵子骞

Min Sun | Ziqian, one of the disciples of Confucius

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閩南人

man5 naam4 jan4

Mandarin: min3 nan2 ren2

a person of Hokkien or Taiwanese descent

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陌

maak6

Mandarin: mo4

raised path | street | foothpath between fields | strange | unfamiliar | foreign | # adapted from cc-cedict

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陌生

mak6 sang1

Mandarin: mo4 sheng1

strange, unfamiliar | [粵]: 生暴

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陌生人

mak6 sang1 jan4

Mandarin: mo4 sheng1 ren2

a stranger [粵]: 生保人

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陌生恐懼

mak6 sang1 hung2 geoi6

Mandarin: mo4 sheng1 kong3 ju4

[1] fear of the unknown [2] xenophobia

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陌路

mak6 lou6

Mandarin: mo4 lu4

a stranger

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雯

man4

Mandarin: wen2

multicolored clouds | patterned clouds | # adapted from cc-cedict

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霉

mei4

Mandarin: mei2

bacteria | fungi | moldy | mold | mildew | damp | mildewed | to go mouldy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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霉爛

mui4 laan6

mouldy, rotten

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霉菜

mui4 coi3

Mandarin: mei2 cai4

preserved vegetables

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霉薑

mui4 goeng1

Mandarin: mei2 jiang1

Simplified: 霉姜

a type of pickled ginger

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霉運

mui4 wan6

Mandarin: mei2 yun4

bad luck

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霉霉爛爛

mui4 mui4 laan6 laan6

Mandarin: mei2 mei2 lan4 lan4

Simplified: 霉霉烂烂

worn out and rotten

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霉香鹹魚

mui4 hoeng1 haam4 jyu4*2

Dried, salted fish. This form of 鹹魚 has a crumbly texture, a pungent odour and is very tasty. A small amount with a mouthful of boiled rice will still be extremely salty!

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霧

mou6

Mandarin: wu4

Simplified: 雾

fog | mist M: 场cháng [场] | 阵zhèn [阵] | vapor | fine spray | hazy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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霧化器

mou6 faa3 hei3

Mandarin: wu4 hua4 qi4

nebulizer; atomizer

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霧氣

mou6 hei3

Mandarin: wu4 qi4

fog; mist ; vapor

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霧水

mou6 seoi2

Mandarin: wu4 shui3

Simplified: 雾水

fog and mist

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霧霾

mou6 maai4

Mandarin: wu4 mai2

smog [Synonyms][國]灰霾[粵]煙霞

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霾

mai4

Mandarin: mai2

haze | misty | foggy | dust storm | to blow sand storm | # adapted from cc-cedict

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霾

maai4 mai4

Mandarin: mai2

thick haze; mist; fog; dust storm

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霾害

maai4 hoi6

Mandarin: mai2 hai4

smog

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靡

mei5

Mandarin: mi2

to collapse | to fall with wind | to not have | to be without | excellent | gorgeous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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靡費

mei4 fai3

Mandarin: mi2 fei4

to waste; to spend extravagantly

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