mài

For pronunciation and definitions of mài – see 莫 (“none; nothing; not anything; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 莫).

mài

1. (intransitive) to come

• laku (“to go, walk”)

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 182

• IPA^(key): /mai̯³¹/

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

mài

1. (Patsho) body hair which are generally smaller, and softer.

   Chiechai mai, tshongmai, Lui mai.

   guard hair, vellus hair (peach fuzz), Pubic hair.

• mai — nonstandard

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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

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

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

mài • (磨, 埋, 𥓄, 𥕄, 𪿥, 𥓴)

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