| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 嘛 |
口麻 |
ma |
1. (s, suggests that the preceding is obvious, sometimes impatient in tone) Of course! |
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這樣 才 對 嘛！ - That's how it should be! |
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2. (Signals a pause in a sentence, sometimes used to get the listener's attention.) |
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你 嘛，不必 去。 - You, don't need to go. |
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3. (Used at the end of an imperative or request to express expectation or dissuasion.) |
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別 著着zhāo急 嘛。 - Don't worry. |
| má |
4. (dialectal) what |
| ma |
5. Only used in 喇嘛 |
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6. (Min Nan) also |
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無 魚 蝦 嘛 好 - If there are no fish, prawns are also good., MN |
| má |
7. Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 |
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8. Only used in 嘛嘛吼 |
魔 |
麻鬼 |
mó |
1. (Buddhism) mara (demon) | |
2. devil; demon; evil spirit |
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3. fiend; harmful or evil thing or person |
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4. magic; the unnatural |
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5. crazy; delusional, manic |
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6. to be obsessed with; idolatry. |
麽 |
麻么 |
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1. Variant of 麼 | |
2. usage. In simplified Chinese, 麽 is only used to mean “tiny; insignificant” or as a surname. |
摩 |
麻手 |
mó, mā |
1. to rub; to scour; to grind | |
2. to stroke; to brush |
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3. to approach; to touch; to draw near |
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4. to study; to investigate; to research |
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5. (chemistry) Short for 摩爾, mole |
糜 |
麻米 |
mí |
1. (zh-wp, zh:糜姓) | |
2. mushy; rotten |
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糜爛 - rotten |
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3. to waste; to spend extravagantly |
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糜費 - to waste |
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4. to damage |
| mí |
5. (zh-wp, zh:粥, en:Congee) |
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6. (literary or Hakka, Min Nan, dialectal Min Dong, Shehua) congee |
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7. (Fuzhou Min Dong) thick congee (with less water than 粥) |
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8. (Hainan Min) cooked rice (general term, including congee) |
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9. (Hainan Min, Leizhou Min) meal |
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10. congee-like substance; viscous substance; paste |
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肉糜 - meat paste |
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食糜 - chyme |
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塗糜-môe - mud, MN |
| méi |
11. proso millet (especially non-sticky varieties) |
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Synonyms: 黍 |
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12. type of millet that is not sticky |
磨 |
麻石 |
mó |
1. to grind; to sharpen | |
2. to rub; to chafe |
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3. to wear away; to obliterate |
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4. to wear out; to wear down; to erode |
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5. to dawdle; to waste (time) |
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6. to pester; to plague (someone) |
| mò |
7. grinder; mill |
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8. to grind; to mill |
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9. to turn around |
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10. (Cantonese) to waste time |
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11. (Teochew) to approach |
靡 |
麻非 |
mǐ |
1. (literary) to fall down; to collapse; to be swept away | |
2. (literary) extravagant; beautiful; splendid |
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3. (literary) delicate; minute |
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4. (literary) no; not |
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5. (literary) to not have; to be without |
| mí |
6. extravagant; wasteful |
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7. to waste; to squander |
