The fifteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-mờ, em-mờ, or mờ and written in the Latin script.

Ma Kết
name

(astrology) Capricorn
(astronomy) Capricornus

Ma Ni giáo

Ma Ni giáo
name

Manichaeism

Ma Ní
name

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

Ma Tổ
name

Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess

Ma-la-uy
name

Malawi

Ma-lai-xi-a

Ma-lai-xi-a
name

Malaysia

Ma-li
name

Mali (a country in West Africa)

Ma-lê
name

Malé (the capital city of the Maldives)

Ma-na-ma
name

Manama (the capital city of Bahrain)

Ma-ni-la
name

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

Ma-rốc
name

Morocco

adj

Moroccan

Ma-xcát
name

Muscat (the capital city of Oman)

Ma-xê-đô-ni-a

Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
name

Macedonia (historical or modern)

Ma-đa-gát-xca

Ma-đa-gát-xca
name

Madagascar

Ma-đrít
name

Madrid (the capital and largest city of Spain)

Man-ta
name

Malta

Man-đi-vơ

Man-đi-vơ
name

Maldives

Maria
name

(Roman Catholicism) Mary

Maroc
name

Morocco

Martinô
name

(Roman Catholicism) Martin

ghost (spirit appearing after death)
(archaic) a demon
(archaic) magic

ma bùn
noun

good-for-nothing

adj

soft-headed; half-witted

ma cà rồng

ma cà rồng
noun

(folklore, mythology) a blood-sucking evil spirit in some ethnic minority folklores
(by extension, mythology) a vampire

ma cô
noun

pimp

ma giáo
adj

cunning, tricky

ma lực
noun

magical power, occult power

ma men
noun

(colloquial) drunkard

ma mút
noun

(voi~) mammoth

ma nữ
noun

(fiction) the ghost of a dead girl or woman

ma quỷ
noun

demons and ghosts; evil spirits

ma sát
noun

(physics) friction

ma thuật
noun

Synonym of phép thuật (“magic”) (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.)

ma trơi
noun

will o' the wisp

ma trận
noun

(mathematics) matrix

ma tuý
noun

narcotic; illicit drug

ma vương
noun

(Buddhism or modern Japanese fiction) devil king

ma-dút
noun

heating oil

ma-lanh
adj

(informal) which is smart and quick-thinking, and often a trickster.
(informal) intelligent; bright

ma-nơ-canh

ma-nơ-canh
noun

mannequin

ma-ra-tông

ma-ra-tông
noun

marathon (road race)

magie
noun

magnesium

mai
noun

early morning
(colloquial) Short for ngày mai (“tomorrow”).
the hair in front of a person's ears, sideburns
Ochna integerrima, a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the family Ochnaceae, sometimes called apricot in English
(of crabs, turtles and tortoises) shell
a kind of shovel
(Southern Vietnam) matchmaker

mai hoa
noun

red avadavat; red munia; strawberry finch

mai khôi
noun

(archaic) a rose (especially Rosa rugosa)

mai mối
verb

to do matchmaking

mai một
verb

(literary) to decline, to lose its own prestige

mai táng
verb

to bury

man
adj

(only in compounds) dishonest; false; untruthful

noun

(derogatory, chiefly in compounds) a savage; barbarian

num

(archaic) ten thousand; myriad

man di
noun

a barbarian; savage; primitive

adj

barbarian; savage; primitive

man dại
adj

wild; crazy; savage

man rợ
adj

barbaric; uncivilized; primitive
cruel; brutal; inhumane

man trá
adj

deceptive; deceitful; fraudulent

adv

deceptively; deceitfully; fraudulently

mang
verb

to carry
to wear (footwear)
to be pregnant

noun

(of a fish) gill
(of a cobra) hood
muntjac

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忙

mang con bỏ chợ

mang con bỏ chợ
verb

(idiomatic) Synonym of đem con bỏ chợ

mang máng
adv

(of remembering) vaguely

mang nặng đẻ đau

mang nặng đẻ đau
verb

(of a mother) to have endured hardship while carrying and giving birth to a child

mang tên
verb

to be called; to bear someone's name; to be known as

mangan
noun

manganese

manh
noun

a thin cloth; rag; piece (of clothing)

adj

tattered; ragged; frail

manh giông

manh giông
noun

olm

manh mối
noun

clue; thread

manh nha
verb

to spring up; to germinate; to develop

manh động

manh động
adj

reckless

mau
adj

fast, quick
(in certain phrases and expressions) dense

adv

fast, quickly

mau chóng
adj

rapid; quick

mau mắn
adj

quick; agile; brisk

may
verb

to sew

adj

lucky

may mắn
adj

lucky; fortunate

may mặc
verb

(chiefly attributive) to make clothes

mân côi
noun

a rosary; a lace of prayer beads (especially Catholic)

忙
character

chữ Hán form of mang (“busy”).

梅
character

rattan

毛
character

chữ Hán form of mao.
Nôm form of mau (“quick, fast”).
Nôm form of máu (“blood”).

牤
character

muntjac

瑁
character

chữ Hán form of mội (“only used in 玳瑁 (đại mội)”).
chữ Hán form of mạo (“imperial jade used in ancient China”).
Nôm form of mồi (“tortoise shell”).

萌
character

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