Cantonese Dictionary

麻雀館

maa4 zoek3 gun2

Mandarin: ma2 que4 guan3

Simplified: 麻雀馆

a mahjong parlor

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麻風病

maa4 fung1 beng6

Mandarin: ma2 feng1 bing4

leprosy (Hansen's disease)

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麻骨枴杖

maa4 gwat1 gwaai2 zoeng6

Mandarin: ma2 gu3 guai3 zhang4

Simplified: 麻骨拐杖

describes something that is useless or unreliable;of no use

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麻鳩煩

maa4 gau1 faan4

Mandarin: ma2 jiu1 fan2

Simplified: 麻鸠烦

effing pain in the ass [colloquial]

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麻鷹

maa4 jing1

Mandarin: ma2 ying1

Simplified: 麻鹰

(bird) eagle; black-eared kite

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麻鷹捉雞仔

maa4 jing1 zuk1 gai1 zai2

Mandarin: ma2 ying1 zhuo1 ji1 zai3

Simplified: 麻鹰捉鸡仔

a children's game: 'eagle catches chickens' (one person act as the eagle, another person act as the hen to protect the others who act as chicks)

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麻麻

maa4 maa2

Mandarin: ma2 ma2

describes the satisfaction level as only moderate or "so-so"

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麻麻

maa4 maa4*2

as in slipshod (work)

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麻麻哋

maa4 maa2 dei2

Mandarin: ma2 ma2 di4

Cantonese

so-so

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麻麻地

maa4 maa2 dei2

Mandarin: ma2 ma2 di4

(adjective) so so; not so bad but not so good; just passable

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麻麻地

maa4 maa4*2 dei6*2

Cantonese

so-so; not too good, not too bad; ho-hum; middling. Mand.: 馬虎, 馬馬虎虎

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麼

mo5

Mandarin: me5

Simplified: 么

suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc | exclamatory final particle | interrogative final particle | what for | why | do what | sort of | type of | insignificant | tiny | # adapted from cc-cedict

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麼點

mo1 dim2

Mandarin: yao1 dian3

ace

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麽

mo5

Mandarin: me5

suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc | exclamatory final particle | interrogative final particle | what for | why | do what | sort of | type of | insignificant | tiny | # adapted from cc-cedict

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默

mak6

Mandarin: mo4

silent | to write from memory | quiet | still | dark | # adapted from cc-cedict

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默劇

mak6 kek6

Mandarin: mo4 ju4

mime

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默哀

mak6 oi1

Mandarin: mo4 ai1

stand in silent tribute; pay a silent tribute; observe a silence in honour/memory of sb

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默契

mak6 kai3

Mandarin: mo4 qi4

gentleman's agreement, tacit understanding

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默寫

mak6 se2

Mandarin: mo4 xie3

to write from memory [Syn] [粤]背默

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默念

mak6 nim6

Mandarin: mo4 nian4

to read in silence; to contemplate inwardly

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默書

mak6 syu1

Mandarin: mo4 shu1

Simplified: 默书

(noun) Dictation

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默歎

mak6 taan3

Mandarin: mo4 tan4

to admire inwardly

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默然

mak6 jin4

Mandarin: mo2 ran2

silent, speechless

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默算

mak6 syun3

Mandarin: mo4 suan4

mental arithmetic; to calculate inwardly

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默記

mak6 gei3

Mandarin: mo4 ji4

to remember in silence

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默許

mak6 heoi2

Mandarin: mo4 xu3

allow by absense of vocal objection; acquiesce; acquiescence

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默誌

mak6 zi3

Mandarin: mo4 zhi4

to recall silently

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默認

mak6 jing6

Mandarin: mo4 ren4

give tacit consent to, tacitly approve, acquiesce in; default (as in 'default setting')

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默默

mak6 mak6

Mandarin: mo4 mo4

quietly, silently

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默默無聞

mak6 mak6 mou4 man4

Mandarin: mo4 mo4 wu2 wen2

be completely unknown or unrecognized to the public; to have no reputation; to live in obscurity

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