Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- mèi
English
- obscure, dark
- to conceal
- darken
- dark
- unclear; obscure
- confounded; confused; muddled
- hidden
- to offend
粵語
- 昏暗
- 胡塗
- 隱藏
- 冒犯
As a component in
Words containing 昧
- 愚昧jyu4 mui6
ignorant; uneducated
- 曖昧oi2 mui6
vague
- 昧水mei6 seoi2
to dive
- 冒昧mou6 mui6
bold
- 昧心mui6 sam1
against one's conscience
- 昧死mui6 sei2
to risk one's life
- 暗昧am3 mui6
obscure
- 昧旦mui6 daan3
the time just before daybreak
- 素昧平生sou3 mui6 ping4 sang1
(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
- 三昧saam1 mui6
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
- 昧沒mui6 mut6
veiled
- 蒙昧mung4 mui6
uncultured
- 拾金不昧sap6 gam1 bat1 mui6
to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
- 昧水舂牆mei6 seoi2 zung1 coeng4
to dive under water hitting walls, to describe someone is very determined, going through hurdles and hardships
- 昧良心mui6 loeng4 sam1
it goes against one's conscience
- 蒙昧無知mung4 mui6 mou4 zi1
benighted (idiom)
- 愚昧落後jyu4 mui6 lok6 hau6
- 曖昧關係oi3 mui6 gwaan1 hai6
shady relationship
- 愚昧無知jyu4 mui6 mou4 zi1
stupid and ignorant (idiom)
- 昧水銅人mei6 seoi2 tung4 jan4
copper-made diving suit
- 瞞心昧己mun4 sam1 mui6 gei2
to blot out one's conscience
- 恕我冒昧syu3 ngo5 mou6 mui6
if I may be so bold
- 不揣冒昧bat1 ceoi2 mou6 mui6
to venture to