English
- male of animals
- (of a bird, animal or plant) male
- bolt of door
- key
- hills
As a component in
Words containing 牡
- 牡丹maau5 daan1
see 牡丹區|牡丹区[Mu3 dan5 Qu1]
- 牡牛maau5 ngau4
bull
- 牡鹿maau5 luk6
stag
- 牡羊座maau5 joeng4 zo6
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 牡丹皮maau5 daan1 pei4
root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
- 牡丹樓maau5 daan1 lau4
a humorous nickname for McDonald's; translates roughly to 'Chinese Tree Peony House', a deliberately classy-sounding name for the inexpensive fast food chain
- 牝牡pan5 maau5
male and female
- 牡蠣maau5 lai6
oyster
- 牡丹江maau5 daan1 gong1
see 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4]
- 牡丹區maau5 daan1 keoi1
Mudan, a district of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
- 牡丹卡maau5 daan1 kaa1
Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)
- 火牡丹fo2 maau5 daan1
- 牛噍牡丹ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1
good food wasted by one who does not appreciate (spoken)
- 牛𡁻牡丹ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1
doesn't know chalk from cheese [colloquial]
- 牡丹亭maau5 daan1 ting4
The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3]
- 牛嚼牡丹ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1
to not have the palate for refined food
- 牡丹江市maau5 daan1 gong1 si5
Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
- 天竺牡丹tin1 zuk1 maau5 daan1
dahlia
- 驪黃牝牡lei4 wong4 pan5 maau5
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
- 牡丹雖好maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2
- 牝牡驪黃pan5 maau5 lei4 wong4
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance