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• 名頭 — mian5 tao5: reputation, fame, name
• 名醫 — mian5 ui1: famous doctor, skilled physician
• 名下 — mian5 ê6: under one's name, belonging to someone
• 名 — mian5: name
• 命運 — mian7 ung7: fate, destiny, lot
• 命 — mian7: life, fate; destiny
• 敏感 — miang2 gam2: sensitive, allergic
• 閔行 — miang2 hang5: Minhang (district of Shanghai)
• 免客氣 — miang2 kêh4 ki3: you're welcome
• 免疫力 — miang2 mog8 lag8: immunity
• 免票 — miang2 pio3: to be exempt from a ticket/fare, free admission
• 免 — miang2: to avoid; to exempt, no need to (Southern Min)
• 勉 — miang2: to endeavor; to strive, to force reluctantly
• 愐 — miang2: diligent; hardworking, to think; to consider
• 敏 — miang2: sensitive, quick; clever
• 眄 — miang2: to look sideways; to glance askance
• 緬 — miang2: distant; remote
• 鮸 — miang2: mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy)
• 綿長 — miang5 ciang5: very long, continuous, prolonged
• 綿 — miang5: silk floss, raw cotton
• 秒 — miao2: second (unit of time)
• 瞄 — miao5: to aim; to take aim at, to glance at; to peek at
• 妙趣橫生 — miao6 cu3 huên5 sên1: full of wit and humor, delightfully amusing
• 妙 — miao6: wonderful; marvelous, clever; ingenious, subtle; mysterious
• 默哀 — mig8 ai1: to observe a moment of silence
• 密碼 — mig8 bhê2: password; passcode, secret code; cipher
• 密閉 — mig8 bi6: to seal, to make airtight
• 陌生人 — mig8 cên1 nang5: stranger
• 陌生 — mig8 cên1: unfamiliar, strange, unknown
• 滅火 — mig8 huê2: to extinguish a fire, to put out a fire
• 默默 — mig8 mig8: silently; quietly; without a word
• 默認 — mig8 ring7: to acquiesce; to tacitly approve, (computing) default
• 默寫 — mig8 sia2: to write from memory, dictation (school exercise)
• 密 — mig8: dense; close; tight, secret; confidential
• 汨 — mig8: used in 汨羅 (Miluo, a city in Hunan)
• 滅 — mig8: to extinguish, to wipe out; to eradicate
• 蔑 — mig8: to despise; to disdain, to belittle
• 覓 — mig8: to look for; to seek
• 默 — mig8: to be silent; to keep quiet
• 乜個 — mih4 gai5: what
• 乜骨頭 — mih4 gug4 tao5: what (emphatic)
• 乜屎 — mih4 sai2: what, whatever (dismissive)
• 乜事 — mih4 se7: what matter; any matter, what's wrong
• 綿羊 — min5 iên5: sheep
• 棉被 — min5 puê6: cotton-wadded quilt, quilt
• 麵包 — min7 bao1: bread
• 麵粞 — min7 coi3: wheat flour
• 麵粉 — min7 hung2: flour
• 麵灰 — min7 huê1: flour
• 麵線 — min7 suan3: misua, thin wheat noodles
• 麵煎粿 — min7 ziang1 guê2: mee chiang kueh, apam balik pancake
• 麵 — min7: noodles, flour
• 免用 — ming2 êng7: no need to; don't have to
• 民房 — ming5 bang5: private house
• 眠床 — ming5 ceng5: bed
• 民國 — ming5 gog4: Republic of China (short for 中華民國), the ROC era (1912-present, used in ROC-style dates), republic (generic sense)
• 民警 — ming5 gêng6: people's police, civil police officer
• 民以食為天 — ming5 in2 ziah8 ui5 tin1: food is the first necessity of the people, people regard food as all-important
• 民事 — ming5 se7: civil law; civil affairs, civil (relating to civil law)
• 民俗 — ming5 sog8: folklore; folk custom
• 民生 — ming5 sên1: people's livelihood, people's welfare
• 民宅 — ming5 têh8: civilian residence, private residence
• 民族 — ming5 zog8: nation, ethnic group, nationality
• 民主 — ming5 zu2: democracy
• 民 — ming5: people; citizens, folk; civilian
• 眠 — ming5: to sleep
• 面布 — ming7 bou3: facecloth, washcloth
• 面試 — ming7 ci3: to interview, to have a job interview or audition
• 面對 — ming7 dui3: to face, to confront
• 面頂 — ming7 dêng2: on top, above
• 面額 — ming7 hiah8: denomination; face value, forehead
• 面向 — ming7 hiang3: to face, to be oriented towards, to be geared towards
• 面臨 — ming7 lim5: to face, to be confronted with, to be faced with
• 面貌 — ming7 mao6: face; features, appearance; aspect
• 面盆 — ming7 pung5: washbasin, washbowl
• 面皮 — ming7 puê5: cheek, face; complexion, sense of shame (colloq.)
• 面紗 — ming7 sê1: veil
• 面色 — ming7 sêg4: complexion, facial expression
• 面頭前 — ming7 tao5 zoin5: in front of one's face; in front
• 面前 — ming7 zoin5: in front of, before one's face, in one's presence
• 面積 — ming7 zêh4: area (measurement)
• 面 — ming7: face, surface; side
• 渺 — miou2: tiny; insignificant, vague; indistinct
• 藐 — miou2: to look down on, to belittle
• 邈 — miou2: far; distant; remote
• 苗 — miou5: seedling, sprout, young plant
• 妙計 — miou6 goi3: brilliant scheme, excellent plan, clever idea
• 緬甸 — miêng2 diêng6: Myanmar
• 勉強 — miêng2 giang2: reluctant; forced, barely adequate
• 緬懷 — miêng2 huai5: to cherish the memory of, to reminisce
• 免費 — miêng2 hui3: to be free of charge; gratis
• 免疫 — miêng2 mog8: immunity (from disease); immunization
• 冕 — miêng2: crown; ceremonial cap
• 憫 — miêng2: to pity, to sympathize with, to feel compassion for
• 閔 — miêng2: to pity; to feel compassion for, to worry about
• 摩托車 — mo1 toh4 cia1: motorcycle, motorbike
• 摩托 — mo1 toh4: motor, motorcycle (short for 摩托車)
• 孬意思 — mo2 i3 se3: sorry; excuse me, too embarrassed or shy
• 孬人 — mo2 nang5: bad person, person of poor character
• 孬睇 — mo2 toin2: ugly, unsightly
• 孬 — mo2: not good; bad; poor, cannot; may not
• 魔方 — mo5 bang1: Rubik's cube
• 毛筆 — mo5 bêg4: writing brush, calligraphy brush
• 摩哆車 — mo5 do5 cia1: motorcycle, motorbike
• 蘑菇 — mo5 gou1: mushroom
• 模糊 — mo5 hu5: blurry, vague, fuzzy
• 模仿 — mo5 huang2: to imitate, to copy, to mimic
• 模樣 — mo5 iên7: looks; appearance, situation; circumstance
• 毛孔 — mo5 kong2: pore, skin pore
• 毛蠟 — mo5 lah8: hair pomade
• 模擬 — mo5 ngi2: to imitate, to simulate
• 毛衫 — mo5 san1: sweater, wool sweater; pullover
• 魔術 — mo5 sug8: magic, illusionism; magic trick
• 毛𩮴 — mo5 sui1: fringe; bangs
• 模式 — mo5 sêg4: pattern, mode, model
• 摩 — mo5: to rub, to stroke, to touch
• 模 — mo5: mold; matrix; pattern, appearance
• 毛 — mo5: feather
• 謨 — mo5: plan, strategy
• 魔 — mo5: demon; devil; evil spirit, magic
• 募集 — mo6 zib8: to raise, to collect, to recruit
• 墓 — mo6: grave; tomb
• 幕 — mo6: curtain, screen, act (of a play)
• 慕 — mo6: to admire; to adore, to long for; to yearn
• 暮 — mo6: evening, dusk, sunset
• 望梅止渴 — mo7 bhuê5 zi2 guah4: to console oneself with false hopes, to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums
• 望遠鏡 — mo7 iang2 gian3: telescope, binoculars
• 望子成龍 — mo7 ze2 sêng5 lêng5: to hope one's child will succeed in life
• 望 — mo7: to hope; to expect, to look; to watch
• 疫情 — mog8 cêng5: epidemic situation, outbreak, (specifically) COVID-19 pandemic
• 莫哈末 — mog8 ha1 muag8: Muhammad (Malay name)
• 莫非 — mog8 hui1: could it be that, is it possible that
• 沐浴 — mog8 iog8: to bathe, to take a shower, to wash oneself
• 万俟 — mog8 ki5: Moqi (Chinese compound surname)
• 牧民 — mog8 ming5: herdsman, grazier
• 疫苗 — mog8 miou5: vaccine; inoculation
• 莫名其妙 — mog8 mêng5 ki5 miou6: baffling, inexplicable, puzzling
• 牧師 — mog8 se1: pastor, minister, reverend
• 疫症 — mog8 zêng3: epidemic, widespread disease
• 万 — mog8: surname element (used only in 万俟 Moqi)
• 沐 — mog8: to bathe, to cleanse
• 沒 — mog8: to sink; to submerge; to drown, not to have; without
• 牧 — mog8: to herd, to tend livestock
• 疫 — mog8: epidemic; plague
• 睦 — mog8: harmonious
• 穆 — mog8: solemn; reverent, harmonious; peaceful
• 莫 — mog8: don't; must not, to not want
• 漠 — moh8: desert, wasteland
• 膜 — moh8: membrane; film
• 某人 — mong2 nang5: somebody, someone
• 蒙古 — mong5 gou2: Mongolia
• 摸魚 — mong5 he5: to slack off, to catch fish
• 矇騙 — mong5 piang3: to deceive; to cheat; to dupe; to fool
• 蒙受 — mong5 si6: to suffer, to sustain (a loss)
• 哞 — mong5: moo! (sound of a cow)
• 摸 — mong5: to touch; to feel, to grope; to fumble
• 檬 — mong5: bún (Vietnamese rice vermicelli)
• 獴 — mong5: mongoose
• 矇 — mong5: to cheat; to deceive; to dupe, to make a wild guess
• 蒙 — mong5: to cover, to deceive, ignorant
• 舞獅 — mong6 sai1: to perform a lion dance
• 某 — mou2: wife
• 貿易 — mou3 êg8: trade
• 貿 — mou3: trade; commerce
• 謀取 — mou5 cu2: to try to gain; to seek
• 牟利 — mou5 li6: to seek profit, to profiteer
• 牟 — mou5: to seek; to obtain (profit)
• 牟 — mou5: a surname
• 謀 — mou5: to plan, to scheme, to plot
• 舞虎獅 — mou6 houn2 sai1: to perform a lion dance
• 茂名 — mou6 mian5: Maoming (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)
• 茂盛 — mou6 sêng6: luxuriant; lush, prosperous; flourishing
• 茂 — mou6: lush, luxuriant, dense
• 滿底塊 — mua2 di7 go3: everywhere
• 滿塊 — mua2 go3: everywhere
• 滿人 — mua2 nang5: everyone; everybody
• 明暝 — mua3 mê5: tomorrow night
• 明早 — mua3 za2: tomorrow morning, tomorrow (dialectal)
• 麻痺 — mua5 bi3: to be numb, to be paralysed, to lower one's guard
• 麻苧 — mua5 diu6: ramie
• 麻袋 — mua5 do7: gunny sack, burlap sack
• 麻竹 — mua5 dêg4: Taiwan giant bamboo, moso bamboo
• 麻煩 — mua5 huêng5: troublesome, bothersome, annoying
• 麻油 — mua5 iu5: sesame oil
• 麻雀 — mua5 ziaoh4: sparrow, mahjong
• 麻醉 — mua5 zui3: to anesthetize, to numb
• 麻 — mua5: numb, hemp; flax
• 滿漢 — muan2 hang3: Manchus and Han Chinese
• 滿懷 — muan2 huai5: to be filled with (emotion); to be imbued with
• 滿意 — muan2 i3: to be satisfied; to be pleased
• 滿足 — muan2 zog4: to satisfy; to meet needs, content; satisfied
• 滿 — muan2: full (not empty)
• 明起 — muan3 ki2: tomorrow, tomorrow morning
• 明日 — muan3 rig8: tomorrow
• 麻坡 — muan5 bo1: Muar (city in Johor, Malaysia)
• 鰻魚 — muan5 he5: eel
• 瞞 — muan5: to deceive; to lie, to conceal
• 鰻 — muan5: eel
• 漫長 — muang6 ciang5: long; endless (of space and time)
• 糜 — muê5: congee, rice porridge