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Words starting with M

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83 words

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妈māma; mom麻mágeneric name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials马mǎhorse; CL:匹[pǐ]码mǎweight; number吗má(coll.) what?么máexclamatory final particle麻烦má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying马路mǎ lùstreet; road妈妈mā mamama; mommy马上mǎ shàngat once; right away买mǎito buy; to purchase卖màito sell; to betray满mǎnto fill; full慢mànslow慢慢màn mànslowly; graduallyIn context满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased满足mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of)忙mángbusy; hurriedly猫māocat (CL:隻|只[zhī]); (dialect) to hide oneself毛máohair; feather冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face毛病máo bìngfault; defect没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not媒méimedium; intermediary每měieach; every美měibeautiful; very satisfactory; good妹mèiyounger sister没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine美丽měi lìbeautiful妹妹mèi meiyounger sister; young woman没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome美食měi shículinary delicacy; fine food没事儿méi shì rto have spare time; free from work美术měi shùart; fine arts媒体méi tǐmedia, esp. news media没用méi yònguseless没有méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't美元Měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar门méngate; door们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals门口mén kǒudoorway; gate门票mén piàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)迷míto bewilder; crazy about米mǐrice; CL:粒[lì]密mìsecret; confidential米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt面miànface; side面包miàn bāobread; CL:片[piàn],袋[dài],塊|块[kuài]面对miàn duìto face; to confront面积miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area面前miàn qiánin front of; facing面条儿miàn tiáo rerhua variant of 麵條|面条[miàn tiáo]民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country民间mín jiānamong the people; popular民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group; CL:個|个[gè]名míngname; noun (part of speech)明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗[àn]命mìnglife; fate