mài
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of mài – see 莫 (“none; nothing; not anything; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 莫). |
Kambera
Verb
mài
- (intransitive) to come
See also
- laku (“to go, walk”)
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 182
Khiamniungan Naga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mai̯³¹/
Verb
mài
- (Patsho, transitive) to draw a curtain or other clothing or material.
- Nükhong nü mai va kü tah khokhatshou nü ashuap va
- Draw the curtain and open the window
Noun
mài
- (Patsho) body hair which are generally smaller, and softer.
- Chiechai mai, tshongmai, Lui mai.
- guard hair, vellus hair (peach fuzz), Pubic hair.
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- mai — nonstandard
Pronunciation
Audio (Beijing): (file)
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勱 / 劢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賣 / 卖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 派
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 眿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賣 / 卖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邁 / 迈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霢 / 霡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麥 / 麦
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麦
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘜 / 唛
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived from Old Chinese 磨 (OC *mˤaj) (B-S) (SV: ma).
Verb
- to grind (to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronoun
mài