mài

mài

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

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

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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 劢, 勱.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卖, 賣.
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.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迈, 邁.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霞.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霢.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麥.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麦.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘜, 唛.

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Min Nan

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

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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)