Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- máo
- Máo
English
- reeds, rushes, grass
- surname Mao
- reeds
- surname
- rushes
- deceitful; dishonest; dishonourable
- cogon grass
粵語
- 狡詐；形容人或手法狡猾、唔老實
- 常見嘅香草；散發出檸檬味
As a component in
Words containing 茅
- 發茅faat3 maau4
panic
- 茅山maau4 saan1
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province
- 香茅hoeng1 maau4
lemongrass (Cymbopogon)
- 茅屋maau4 uk1
thatched cottage
- 茅廁maau4 ci3
(dialect) latrine
- 茅躉maau4 dan2
an attempt to trick
- 茅臺maau4 toi4
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
- 名列前茅ming4 lit6 cin4 maau4
to rank among the best
- 包茅baau1 maau4
bundled thatch
- 茅竹maau4 zuk1
variant of 毛竹[mao2 zhu2]
- 仙茅sin1 maau4
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
- 茅舍maau4 se3
cottage
- 茅柴maau4 caai4
bad wine
- 奸茅gaan1 maau4
being dishonest, deceitfully scheme against others
- 打茅波daa2 maau4 bo1
foul play
- 茅棚maau4 paang4
thatched shed
- 茅寮maau4 liu2
- 茅廬maau4 lou4
thatched cottage
- 茅臺酒maau4 toi4 zau2
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
- 茅盾maau4 teon5
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
- 茅屋頂maau4 uk1 deng2
thatched roof
- 好茅hou2 maau4
- 白茅baak6 maau4
cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
- 前茅cin4 maau4
forward patrol (military) (old)