mát rượi
(adjective) cooler than something should usually be but very refreshing
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máy photocopy
photocopier
mây đầu ô
The cloud at the umbrella's crown — a lone cloud hanging overhead like a parasol.
mèm
(adverb) very
mèn mén
(noun) Hmong traditional dish made from maize powder
mèn đét ơi
(interjection) alternative form of mèng đéc ơi
mèn ơi
(interjection) alternative form of mèng ơi
mèng đéc ơi
(interjection) gosh, golly, golly gee, gee whiz
mèng ơi
(interjection) gosh, golly, golly gee, gee whiz
méc
To tattle, tell on someone — the Southern word; Northerners say mách.
mén
(adjective) newborn, small, juvenile
méng
(noun) Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh form of miếng
mình mẩy
(noun) body (generally speaking)
mình ên
(adjective) alone; by oneself
mím
(verb) to tighten (lips)
móc nghéo
(verb) to make a pinky promise, to pinky swear
móm
(adjective) having lost all teeth; toothless
móm mém
(adjective) completely toothless, having lost all one's teeth
móp
(adjective) sunken; flattened; dented
mót
(verb) to collect grains, to glean
mù soa
(noun) handkerchief
mùa hè rớt
A late-fallen summer — an autumn spell of unseasonal warmth; an Indian summer.
mùi soa
(noun) handkerchief
múp
(adjective) buxom; fat
măm
(interjection) nom; yum
mơn mởn
(adjective) green, verdurous
mưa ngâu
(noun) sudden and brief shower (in the seventh lunar month)
mưa nấm mối
Mushroom rain — a shower falling out of full sunshine, the kind that pushes up termite mushrooms.
mưa phùn
(noun) drizzle
mưng mủ
(verb) to suppurate
mươn
(noun) a kind of bamboo pallet, resembling a small table
mại dô
(interjection) eye dialect spelling of mại vô, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese
mạng mẽo
(noun) the Internet; Internet connection
mạt chược
(noun) mahjong (a game (originally Chinese) for four players)
mạy tèo
(noun) Taxotrophis macrophylla.
mảnh khảnh
(adjective) thin; slim; slender
mấn
(noun) skirt
mấp máy
(verb) to move lightly and quickly
mấp mé
(verb) to come near
mấp mô
(adjective) bumpy
mần ăn
To work and make a living — the Southern rendering of "làm ăn".
mẩy
(noun) body
mắc khén
(noun) Zanthoxylum rhetsa
mắm sặt
(noun) a type of fish-based condiment made of gourami or leaffish
mẳn
(noun) broken or fractured grain, especially very small fragment of rice grain
mặc quần lá toạ
The crow-beak kerchief — the northern women's black headscarf folded to a beak's point.
mẹ chồng
Mother-in-law on the husband’s side — one’s husband’s mother.
mẹ vợ
Mother-in-law on the wife’s side — one’s wife’s mother.
mẹc
(interjection) shit!, crap!
mẹc-xe-đét
(noun) Mercedes (car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz)
mẹng
(noun) North Central Vietnam form of miệng (“mouth”)
mẹt
(noun) kind of shallow flat basket made of woven bamboo, often used for drying and displaying things
mẽo
(noun) Yankees, Yanks
mếch lòng
(adjective) offended
mếu
(verb) to twist one's mouth (when one's about to cry, etc.)
mếu máo
(verb) to twist one's mouth as one cries or before one is about to cry
mềm èo
(adjective) very soft; flaccid
mềnh
(noun) alternative form of mình (“torso; body”)
mệ
(noun) mother; mom
mỏa
(pronoun) Traditional tone placement spelling of moả.