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

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• mai — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Audio (Beijing)

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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˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maːj˨˩]

Verb

mài • (磨, 埋, 𥓄, 𥕄, 𪿥, 𥓴)

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