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• 美國人 — mui2 gog4 nang5: American (person)
• 美國 — mui2 gog4: United States, America
• 美景 — mui2 gêng2: beautiful scenery, enchanting view
• 美好 — mui2 ho2: fine, wonderful, good
• 美髮 — mui2 huag4: hairdressing
• 美意 — mui2 i3: good intention, kindness
• 美麗 — mui2 li6: beautiful
• 美名 — mui2 mian5: good name, good reputation
• 美男子 — mui2 nam5 ze2: handsome man, beautiful young man
• 美女 — mui2 neng2: beautiful woman, beauty
• 美術 — mui2 sug8: fine arts, painting
• 美食 — mui2 ziah8: delicious food, fine cuisine
• 美洲 — mui2 ziu1: America, the Americas
• 美 — mui2: beautiful; pretty; good-looking, delicious; tasty
• 鎂 — mui2: magnesium
• 𱰸 — mui3: unafraid, fearless, not afraid
• 微波爐 — mui5 bo1 lou5: microwave oven
• 微笑 — mui5 cio3: to smile, smile
• 微博 — mui5 pag4: microblog, Weibo (post)
• 微信 — mui5 sing3: WeChat (messaging app)
• 微生物 — mui5 sên1 muêh8: microorganism, microbe
• 微 — mui5: tiny, slight, small
• 薇 — mui5: royal fern (Osmunda regalis), used in 薔薇 (rose)
• 晚飯 — mung2 bung7: dinner, supper, evening meal
• 晚輩 — mung2 buê3: younger generation, junior
• 晚餐 — mung2 cang1: dinner, supper, evening meal
• 晚稻 — mung2 diu6: late rice, second-season rice
• 晚上 — mung2 ziên7: evening; night
• 晚 — mung2: late, evening, night
• 門店 — mung5 diam3: shop, store, storefront
• 門第 — mung5 doin6: threshold, doorsill
• 門檻 — mung5 kam2: doorstep, threshold, sill
• 門口 — mung5 kao2: doorway, entrance, gate
• 眠起好 — mung5 ki2 ho2: good morning
• 眠起早 — mung5 ki2 za2: early morning
• 眠起 — mung5 ki2: morning, breakfast
• 門路 — mung5 lou7: way; means; channel (to solve a problem), connections; avenue to advancement
• 門票 — mung5 pio3: admission ticket, entrance ticket
• 門鎖 — mung5 so2: door lock
• 門神 — mung5 sêng5: door god (guardian deity)
• 門診 — mung5 ziang2: to see outpatients, outpatient service
• 們 — mung5: plural suffix (for pronouns and people)
• 門 — mung5: door, gate, entrance
• 問題 — mung7 doi5: problem, issue, question
• 問責 — mung7 zêh4: to hold accountable, to call to account
• 問 — mung7: to ask, to inquire
• 每日 — muê2 rig8: every day, daily
• 每 — muê2: every, each
• 糜飯 — muê5 beng7: meal, food (rice-based)
• 魅力 — muê6 lag8: charm, charisma, fascination
• 妹 — muê6: younger sister, girl; young female
• 寐 — muê6: to sleep
• 昧 — muê6: ambiguous; unclear, ignorant; foolish, dark; gloomy
• 袂 — muê6: sleeve
• 魅 — muê6: evil spirit; demon, to charm; to captivate
• 物品 — muêh8 bing2: article, item, goods
• 物掉 — muêh8 diao7: to damage, to break
• 物件 — muêh8 gian6: thing, object
• 物理 — muêh8 li2: physics, innate nature of things
• 物料 — muêh8 liao7: material, raw material (used in manufacturing)
• 物業管理 — muêh8 ngiab8 guang2 li2: property management
• 物業 — muêh8 ngiab8: property, real estate
• 物配囝 — muêh8 puê3 gian2: snack
• 物配 — muêh8 puê3: side dish (eaten with rice), accompaniment to staple food
• 物體 — muêh8 toi2: object, body, substance
• 物資 — muêh8 ze1: goods, supplies, resources
• 物食 — muêh8 ziah8: snack
• 物種 — muêh8 zêng2: species
• 物 — muêh8: thing, matter
• 搣 — mê1: to grab a handful (fingers facing down)
• 猛火 — mê2 huê2: high heat; strong fire (cooking)
• 猛猛 — mê2 mê2: quickly; at once
• 猛早 — mê2 za2: morning
• 暝暗頭 — mê5 am3 tao5: nightfall, dusk, toward evening
• 暝暗 — mê5 am3: night, evening, tonight
• 夜班 — mê5 bang1: night shift
• 夜市 — mê5 ci6: night market
• 暝市 — mê5 ci6: night market
• 暝昏飯 — mê5 heng1 bung7: dinner, evening meal
• 暝昏頓 — mê5 heng1 deng3: dinner, evening meal
• 暝昏 — mê5 heng1: evening; night, dinner (evening meal)
• 暝昏晡 — mê5 hng1 bou1: dusk, twilight
• 暝昏囝 — mê5 hng1 gian2: evening; night (before midnight)
• 暝吆 — mê5 iaoh4: night owl, one who stays up late
• 暝糜 — mê5 muê5: midnight snack, late-night meal
• 明年 — mê5 ni5: next year
• 暝色 — mê5 sêg4: night scenery, nightscape
• 暝喝 — mê5 uah4: night owl, one who goes to bed late
• 暝 — mê5: night
• 陌 — mêg8: path; road (especially between fields)
• 咩 — mêh8: sentence-final particle for yes/no questions
• 脈 — mêh8: pulse, blood vessel, vein
• 猛 — mên2: fierce; ferocious, bold; brave, powerful; intense
• 夜深人靜 — mên5 cim1 nang5 zên6: dead of night; the still of night, quiet in the deep of night
• 夜總會 — mên5 zong2 huê6: nightclub
• 罵 — mên7: to scold, to curse; to swear
• 猛擊 — mêng2 kêg4: to hit hard; to strike heavily, to smash; to bash
• 猛烈 — mêng2 liag8: fierce; violent; intense
• 猛然 — mêng2 riang5: suddenly; abruptly
• 猛獸 — mêng2 siu3: beast of prey; wild predator
• 皿 — mêng2: dish, vessel
• 錳 — mêng2: manganese
• 明白 — mêng5 bêh8: to understand, to know
• 明朝 — mêng5 ciou5: Ming dynasty (1368-1644), tomorrow (dialectal, literary)
• 明星 — mêng5 cên1: celebrity, star (famous person)
• 盲腸炎 — mêng5 deng5 iam7: appendicitis
• 盲腸 — mêng5 deng5: caecum, appendix
• 明槓 — mêng5 gang3: melded kong (mahjong term)
• 明月 — mêng5 ghuêh8: bright moon
• 明顯 — mêng5 hiang2: obvious, clear, evident
• 明火 — mêng5 huê2: open flame, naked fire
• 明確 — mêng5 kag4: explicit, clear-cut, unambiguous
• 明亮 — mêng5 liang6: bright, well-lit, shining
• 明瞭 — mêng5 liao2: clear, easily understood, apparent
• 明目張膽 — mêng5 mag8 ziang1 dan2: brazenly, flagrantly, openly and without restraint
• 明目 — mêng5 mag8: to improve eyesight, to brighten the eyes
• 明明 — mêng5 mêng5: obviously, clearly, plainly
• 名詞 — mêng5 se5: noun (grammar), term, expression
• 鳴謝 — mêng5 sia7: to express gratitude, to give thanks (formally)
• 明信片 — mêng5 sing3 piang3: postcard
• 明糖 — mêng5 teng5: Teochew soft sugar sweet with a sesame coating
• 明天 — mêng5 tiang1: tomorrow, (figurative) the future
• 明珠暗投 — mêng5 zu1 am3 dao5: a talented person going unrecognized, something valuable cast aside unappreciated
• 明證 — mêng5 zêng3: clear proof, irrefutable evidence
• 冥 — mêng5: the underworld; afterlife, dark; profound (literary)
• 明 — mêng5: bright; clear, to understand, tomorrow (literary)
• 盟 — mêng5: oath; covenant, alliance
• 瞑 — mêng5: to close one's eyes
• 萌 — mêng5: to sprout; to bud, to begin; to start
• 銘 — mêng5: inscription, motto
• 鳴 — mêng5: to cry (of birds), to sound, to make a sound
• 孟姜女 — mêng6 giang1 neng2: Lady Meng Jiang (legendary figure of Chinese folklore)
• 命令 — mêng6 lêng6: order, command, directive
• 命名 — mêng6 mian5: to name, to designate, to christen
• 孟 — mêng6: eldest (among siblings), first (in a series), surname Meng
• 面龐 — mêng7 pang5: face, facial contours
• 面桶 — mêng7 tang2: washbasin, washbowl
• 南 — na1: used only in 南無 (nāmó), Buddhist invocation 'homage to'
• 哪裡 — na2 li2: where, wherever, anywhere
• 那裡 — na2 li2: there
• 拿撒勒 — na2 sag4 lêg8: Nazareth
• 乸 — na2: female (animal), mother (dialectal)
• 哪 — na2: what; which; how (interrogative)
• 拿 — na2: to take, to hold, to grab
• 欖 — na2: olive
• 那 — na2: that; those
• 籃球場 — na5 giu5 dion5: basketball court
• 籃球 — na5 giu5: basketball
• 拉圇拉圇 — na5 nung5 na5 nung5: lukewarm
• 哪吒 — na5 za1: Nezha (a protection deity in Chinese folk religion)
• 籃 — na5: basket
• 若是 — na7 si6: if, supposing
• 壏 — na7: at, in
• 肭 — nab4: soft; mushy; tender, sunken; caved in; dented
• 納悶 — nab8 bhung7: to feel perplexed; to be puzzled, to be bewildered
• 納入 — nab8 rib8: to bring into; to incorporate
• 納 — nab8: to accept; to admit, to pay (dues, tax)
• 諾 — nab8: to promise; to assent, yes (in assent)
• 鈉 — nab8: sodium
• 垃圾相 — nah4 sab4 siên3: slovenly, unkempt, ill-groomed
• 垃圾桶 — nah4 sab4 tang2: garbage can, rubbish bin, trash can
• 垃圾 — nah4 sab4: dirty
• 奶油 — nai2 iu5: cream, butter
• 乃至 — nai2 zi3: (literary) even; to the extent that, going so far as to
• 乃 — nai2: you; your (literary), then; hence (literary)
• 耐久 — nai6 gu2: durable; long-lasting
• 奈何 — nai6 ho2: what can be done, to no avail, how
• 耐火 — nai6 huê2: fire-resistant
• 耐力 — nai6 lag8: endurance; stamina
• 耐人尋味 — nai6 nang5 cim5 bhi7: thought-provoking; to give food for thought
• 耐心 — nai6 sim1: patient, patience
• 耐用 — nai6 êng7: durable
• 奈 — nai6: how; why (rhetorical), nothing can be done about
• 柰 — nai6: a kind of crabapple (Malus asiatica)
• 耐 — nai6: to endure; to bear, to be durable; to withstand
• 漤塗 — nam3 tou5: mud, slush; ooze; mire
• 漤 — nam3: pulpy; mushy; muddy; miry
• 南爿 — nam5 boin5: the south, the south side
• 南昌 — nam5 ciang1: Nanchang
• 南充 — nam5 cong1: Nanchong
• 藍圖 — nam5 dou5: blueprint
• 南瓜 — nam5 guê1: pumpkin, winter squash
• 南海 — nam5 hai2: South China Sea
• 南面 — nam5 ming7: south side
• 男生 — nam5 sêng1: schoolboy; male student, boy; young male
• 南通 — nam5 tong1: Nantong
• 嵐 — nam5: mountain mist; haze
• 林 — nan5: forest; grove; woods, a surname (Lin/Lim/Lam)
• 俺 — nang2: we; us (inclusive)
• 咱 — nang2: we, us (including the person spoken to)
• 人才 — nang5 cai5: talent, talented person
• 人次 — nang5 ce3: person-times (visit count unit)
• 人手 — nang5 ciu2: manpower, staff, hand (person)
• 人生地不熟 — nang5 cên1 di7 bug4 sêg8: unfamiliar with the place and people, stranger in a strange place
• 人情世事 — nang5 cêng5 si3 se7: the ways of the world, worldly wisdom
• 人情 — nang5 cêng5: human feelings, favor, social relations
• 人大 — nang5 dai6: National People's Congress (abbr.), Renmin University (abbr.)
• 人工智能 — nang5 gang1 di3 lêng5: artificial intelligence, AI
• 人工 — nang5 gang1: man-made, artificial, manual
• 人間 — nang5 gang1: the human world, the mortal world