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

1. (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

Act of drawing curtain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯³¹/

Verb

mài

1. (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

1. (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

mài (mai⁴, Zhuyin ㄇㄞˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佅
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勱／劢
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賣／卖
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 派
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 眿
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脆
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脉
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝐
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衃
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賣／卖
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邁／迈
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霞
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霢／霡
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麥／麦
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麦
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘜／唛

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Old Chinese 磨 (OC *mˤaj) (B-S) (SV: ma).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːj˨˩]

Verb

mài • (磨, 埋, 𥓄, 𥕄, 𪿥, 𥓴)

1. to grind (to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface)