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明星míng xīngstar; celebrity命运mìng yùnfate; destiny; CL:個|个[gè]名字míng ziname (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[gè]模móto imitate; model末mòtip; end默mòsilent; to write from memory万mòused in 万俟[Mò qí]某mǒusome; a certain母mǔmother; elderly female relative木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard目标mù biāotarget; goal目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective; CL:個|个[gè]目前mù qiánat the present time; currently母亲mǔ qīnmother; also pr. [mǔ qin]木头mù touslow-witted; blockhead拿náto hold; to seize哪nǎhow; which那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)那边nà bianover there; yonder拿出ná chūto take out; to put out拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r]哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere那里nà lithere; that place那么nà melike that; in that way哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere那儿nà rthere那时候nà shí houat that time哪些nǎ xiēwhich ones?; who?那些nà xiēthose那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort奶nǎibreast; milk奶茶nǎi chámilk tea奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house男nánmale; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]南nánsouth难nándifficult (to...); problem南边nán biansouth; south side南部nán bùsouthern part难道nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?难度nán dùdegree of difficulty南方nán fāngsouth; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River)难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell男孩儿nán hái rerhua variant of 男孩[nán hái]难看nán kànugly; unsightly男朋友nán péng youboyfriend男人nán réna man; a male男生nán shēngschoolboy; male student难受nán shòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain难题nán tídifficult problem难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear; coarse男子nán zǐa man; a male脑nǎobrain; mind闹nàonoisy; cacophonous呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")内nèiinside; inner内容nèi róngcontent; substance内心nèi xīnheart; innermost being; (math.) incenter能néngcan; to be able to