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maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: ma2
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noungeneral name for hemp, flax, jute, etc
nounsesame
nounnumb; tingling; spicy hot
nounpitted; spotted (sparrow, etc)
nounfibre of hemp, flax, etc for textile materials
nouncoarse; rough
maaˎ₄痲
简 麻
Pinyin: ma2
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nounparalysis; palsy
nounleprosy; lepra
nounpockmarks
nounbenumb; lull; blunt
nounmeasles
matˍ₆密maaˎ₄麻maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: mi4 ma2 ma2
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noundense
saiˊ²使maaˎ₄麻bei˗₃痺
Pinyin: shi3 ma2 bi4
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nounparalyze
maaˎ₄麻latˉ¹甩zaiˊ²仔
Pinyin: ma2 shuai3 zai3
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nounpervert; man who harasses women
maaˎ₄麻zeoi˗₃醉siˉ¹師
简 麻醉师
Pinyin: ma1 zui4 shi1
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nounanaesthetist
saanˉ¹山ziˉ¹芝maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: shan1 zhi1 ma5
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nounHelicteres angustifolia (helicteres)
maaˎ₄麻jingˉ¹鷹
简 麻鹰
Pinyin: ma2 ying1
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nounsparrow hawk ; a black kite (Milvus migrans) [Syn.] 黑鳶
noun(bird) eagle; black-eared kite
matˍ₆密matˍ₆密maaˎ₄麻maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: mi4 mi5 ma2 ma2
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nouncluster, swarm, dense
tinˉ¹天maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: tian1 ma2
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noungastrodia elata (herb used in TCM)
maaˎ₄麻saangˊ²省
Pinyin: ma2 sheng3
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nounMassachusetts
maaˎ₄麻faanˎ₄煩neiˏ₅你
简 麻烦你
Pinyin: ma2 fan5 ni3
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noun"Could I trouble you...?" / "Excuse me...?"
maaˎ₄麻zoek˗₃雀paaiˊ²牌
Pinyin: ma2 que4 pai2
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nounmahjong tiles
faat˗₃發maaˎ₄麻
简 发麻
Pinyin: fa1 ma2
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nounfeel numb; have pins and needles; go to sleep
maaˎ₄麻faanˎ₄煩jauˊ²友
简 麻烦友
Pinyin: ma2 fan5 you3
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nounan annoying/troublesome friend
daaiˍ₆大maaˎ₄麻ukˉ¹屋
Pinyin: da4 ma2 wu1
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noungrow-op; dope house; drug house
maaˎ₄麻poˎ₄婆dauˍ₆豆fuˍ₆腐
Pinyin: ma2 po2 dou4 fu5
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nounSichuan chilli tofu; stir-fried bean curd in hot sauce
ziˉ¹芝maaˎ₄麻gunˉ¹官
Pinyin: zhi1 ma5 guan1
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nouna petty official
ziˉ¹知meiˉ¹微maaˎ₄麻leiˍ₆利
Pinyin: zhi1 wei1 ma2 li5
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nounselfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit
nounmake a big deal out of small things (idiom)
maaˎ₄麻maaˊ²麻deiˊ²地
Pinyin: ma2 ma2 di4
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nounso-so; not too good, not too bad; ho-hum; middling. Mand.: 馬虎, 馬馬虎虎
noun(adjective) so so; not so bad but not so good; just passable
gaaiˊ²解pauˊ²剖maaˎ₄麻zoek˗₃雀
Pinyin: jie3 pou1 ma2 que4
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nounlit. to dissect a sparrow; fig. a preliminary test on a small sample
maaˎ₄麻sekˍ₆石
Pinyin: ma2 shi2
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noungranite
ziˉ¹芝maaˎ₄麻wuˊ²糊
Pinyin: zhi1 ma5 hu2
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nounsesame paste soup -- a sweet Chinese dessert soup (糖水) made from sesame seeds
nounsesame paste
daaiˍ₆大maaˎ₄麻
Pinyin: da4 ma2
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nouncannabis
nounweed
maaˎ₄麻faanˎ₄煩joengˍ₆讓jatˉ¹一joengˍ₆讓
简 麻烦让一让
Pinyin: ma2 fan2 rang4 yi1 rang4
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nounexcuse me, please (please scoot, step aside)[Syn.]: 麻煩讓一下 [粵]: 唔該借借 , 唔該借歪 , 唔該借過 , 唔該借開 , 唔該借一借