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♦ mail (to ~) —— (邮)寄 [(yóu)jì]
我给妈妈寄了礼物。[Wǒ gěi māma jìle lǐwù.] – I have mailed the gift to mom.
您收到了我上周邮寄给您的包裹了吗?[Nín shōu dàole wǒ shàng zhōu yóujì gěi nín de bāoguǒle ma?] – Did you receive the package I sent to you last week?


♦ major —— 专业 [zhuānyè]
你的专业是什么?[Nǐ de zhuānyè shì shénme?] – What is your major?


♦ make (to ~) —— 作 [zuò]
让我来作自我介绍。[Ràng wǒ lái zuò zìwǒ jièshào.] – Let me make a self-introduction. [Let me introduce myself.]


♦ male —— 男 [nán]
我不晓得他是男的还是女的。[Wǒ bù xiǎodé tā shì nán de háishì nǚ de.]- I do not know if he is a man or woman. [I don’t know if he is male or female.]


♦ man —— 人 [rén]
他是个明理的人。[Tā shìgè mínglǐ de rén.] – He’s an understanding person. [He is a reasonable man.]


♦ manager —— 经理 [jīnglǐ]
今天经理有会。[Jīntiān jīnglǐ yǒu huì.] – The manager has a meeting today.


♦ many, much —— (许)多 [(xǔ)duō]
汽车很多。[Qìchē hěn duō.] – There are many buses.
我有许多唱片。[Wǒ yǒu xǔduō chàngpiàn.] – I have many discs.
上海有很多大楼房。[Shànghǎi yǒu hěn duō dà lóufáng.] – Shanghai has many big buildings.
面对这么多问题,他们不得不取消整个项目。[Miàn duì zhème duō wèntí, tāmen bùdé bù qǔxiāo zhěnggè xiàngmù.] – Confronted with so many problems, they had to cancel the entire project.


♦ March —— 三月 [sān yuè]
今天三月十五号。[Jīntiān sān yuè shíwǔ hào.] – Today is March 15.
我的生日是三月十四号,也就是后天。[Wǒ de shēng rì shì sān yuè shí sì hào, yě jiù shì hòutiān.] – My birthday is March 14, that’s the day after tomorrow.


♦ marriage —— 结婚 [jiéhūn]
中国应该将法定结婚年龄降至十八岁。[Zhōngguó yīnggāi jiàng fǎdìng jiéhūn niánlíng jiàng zhì shíbā suì.] – China should lower the legal marriage age to 18.


♦ Mars —— 火星 [huǒxīng]
中国应该计划一次火星任务。[Zhōngguó yīnggāi jìhuà yīcì huǒxīng rènwù.] – China should plan a mission to Mars.
你认为火星上有生命吗?[Nǐ rènwéi huǒxīng shàng yǒu shēngmìng ma?] – Do you believe there is life on Mars?


♦ match

[noun] —— 赛 [sài]
因为体育场离我家不远,我经常去看足球赛。[Yīnwèi tǐyùchǎng lí wǒjiā bù yuǎn, wǒ jīngcháng qù kàn zúqiú sài.] – As the stadium isn’t far from my house, I often go and watch soccer matches.

[verb] —— 相配 [xiāngpèi]
她的打扮和她的年龄很不相配。[Tā de dǎbàn hé tā de niánlíng hěn bù xiāngpèi.] – Her make-up does not fit her age. [Her dress was very inappropriate for her age.]


♦ mathematics —— 数学 [shùxué]
我的数学很好。[Wǒ de shùxué hěnhǎo.] – I am good at mathematics.
我妈妈教数学。[Wǒ māma jiāo shùxué.] – My mother teaches mathematics.
他是数学教授。[Tā shì shùxué jiaòshòu.] – He is a mathematics professor.
亚裔努力在数学和科学等具有明确衡量标准的领域取得成功。[Yà yì nǔlì zài shùxué hé kēxué děng jùyǒu míngquè héngliáng biāozhǔn dì lǐngyù qǔdé chénggōng.] – Asian-Americans work hard to succeed in areas with clear metrics like math and science.


♦ matter —— 事 [shì]
这件事我早就知道了。[zhè jiàn shì wǒ zǎo jiù zhī dào le] – I knew about this a long time ago.


♦ may —— 可以 [kěyǐ], 可能 [kěnéng]
你可以借五本书。[Nǐ kěyǐ jiè wǔ běn shū.] – You may borrow five books.
根据电视新闻,这项工程可能会被取消。[Gēnjù diànshì xīnwén, zhè xiàng gōngchéng kěnéng huì bèi qǔxiāo.] – According to the TV news, this project is likely to be cancelled.
健康的生活方式可以减少罹患癌症的风险。[Jiànkāng de shēnghuó fāngshì kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo líhuàn áizhèng de fēngxiǎn.] – A healthful lifestyle might reduce the risk of cancer.


♦ maybe —— 可能 [kěnèng], 也许 [yěxǔ]
明天可能下雨。[Míngtiān kěnéng xiàyǔ.] – It might rain tomorrow.
也许下一次吧。[Yěxǔ xià yīcì ba.] – Maybe some other time.
运动与节食结合也许是减肥最有效的途径。[Yùndòng yǔ jiéshí jiéhé yěxǔ shì jiǎnféi zuì yǒuxiào de tújìng.] – Combining exercise with the diet may be the most effective way to lose weight.


♦ meal, food —— 餐 [cān], 饭 [fàn]
我喜欢中餐。[Wǒ xǐhuān zhōngcān.] – I like Chinese food.
我吃了饭再去接你。[Wǒ chīle fàn zài qù jiē nǐ.] – I’ll pick you up after I finish my dinner.


♦ mean (to ~) —— 意味 [yìwèi]
按照中国的传统,一个孝顺的儿子意味着完全听父母的安排。[Ànzhào zhōngguó de chuántǒng, yīgè xiàoshùn de érzi yìwèizhe wánquán tīng fùmǔ de ānpái.] – According to Chinese tradition, being a filial son means complete obedience to his parents.


♦ meaning —— 意思 [yìsi]
我不明白你的意思。[Wǒ bù míngbái nǐ de yìsi.] – I don’t see what you mean. [I don’t understand you.]


♦ measure —— 衡量 [héngliáng]
亚裔努力在数学和科学等具有明确衡量标准的领域取得成功。[Yà yì nǔlì zài shùxué hé kēxué děng jùyǒu míngquè héngliáng biāozhǔn dì lǐngyù qǔdé chénggōng.] – Asian-Americans work hard to succeed in areas with clear metrics [measure standard] like math and science.


♦ medicine —— 药 [yào]
我要去买药。[Wǒ yào qù mǎi yào.] – I need to buy some medicine.


♦ meet (to ~) —— 遇 [yù], 认识 [rènshí]
很高兴认识你。[Hěn gāoxìng rènshí nǐ.] – Nice to meet you.
很高兴认识大家。[Hěn gāoxìng rènshí dàjiā.] – Nice to meet you all.
确认过眼神,我遇上对的。[Quèrènguò yǎnshén, wǒ yù shàng duì de.] – Having ascertained the gaze, I’ve met the right person. [After confirming the eyes, I met the right one.]


♦ meeting —— (聚)会 [(jù)huì]
老板 开 完 会 了 。[Lǎobǎn kāi wán huì le.] – The boss finished having the meeting.
一百个人要参加聚会。[Yī bǎi gè rén yào cānjiā jùhuì.] – One hundred people will participate in the meeting.
今天经理有会。[Jīntiān jīnglǐ yǒu huì.] – The manager has a meeting today.
公司的主任在开会。[Gōngsī de zhǔrèn zài kāihuì.] – The directors of this company are having a meeting.
请告诉他一点开会。[Qǐng gàosù tā yīdiǎn kāihuì.] – Please tell him the meeting is at one o’clock.


♦ melody —— 旋律 [xuánlǜ]
我听岁月像旋律永恒。
Wǒ tīng suìyuè xiàng xuánlǜ yǒnghéng.] – I’ve heard that the passage of time is as eternal as a melody. [I listen to the years like the melody of eternity.]


♦ member —— 成员 [chéngyuán]
剧组成员们都担心自己的房间被窃听。[Jùzǔ chéngyuánmen dōu dānxīn zìjǐ de fángjiān bèi qiètīng.] – Crew members suspected their rooms were bugged.


♦ memorize, (to ~) —— 记住 [jìzhù]
请记住这些生词。[Qǐng jìzhù zhè xiē shēngcí.] – Please memorize these new words.


♦ mention —— 提到 [tí dào]
他没有提到她的请求。[Tā méiyǒu tí dào tā de qǐngqiú.] – He made no mention of her request.
不用谢![bùyòng xiè!] – Don’t mention it!


♦ metaphor —— 比喻 [bǐyù]
比如说,叫一个人夜猫子就是一个常用的比喻。[Bǐrú shuō, jiào yīgè rén yèmāozi jiùshì yīgè chángyòng de bǐyù.] – Calling a person a night owl is an example of a common metaphor.


♦ middle school —— 中学 [zhōngxué]
我弟弟上中学。[Wǒ dìdi shàng zhōngxué.] – My younger brother is in middle school.
中学辍学后,他开始卖皮包。[Zhōngxué chuòxué hòu, tā kāishǐ mài píbāo.] – After dropping out of middle school, he began selling leather handbags.


♦ milk —— 牛奶 [niúnǎi]
牛奶对你的身体好。[Niúnǎi duì nǐde shēntǐ hǎo.] – Milk is good for your health.


♦ minute —— 分钟 [fēnzhōng]
等我一下,我一分钟就到了。[Děng wǒ yīxià, wǒ yī fēnzhōng jiù dàole.] – A moment please, I’ll be there within one minute.


♦ miss, (to ~) —— 想 [xiǎng]
我想我妈妈。[Wǒ xiǎng wǒ māma.] – I miss my mother.


♦ mission, task —— 任务 [rènwù]
中国应该计划一次火星任务。[Zhōngguó yīnggāi jìhuà yīcì huǒxīng rènwù.] – China should plan a mission to Mars.


♦ mistake —— 错 [cuò]
他既然认错了,就原谅他一次吧。[Tā jìrán rèncuòle, jiù yuánliàng tā yīcì ba.] – Since he has made an apology, forgive him just this once.


♦ mister —— 先生 [xiānsheng]
王先生要买什么?[Wáng xiānsheng yào mǎi shénme?] – What does Mr. Wang want to buy?
李先生是我的妹夫。[Lǐ xiānshēng shì wǒ de mèifū.] – Mr. Li is my brother-in-law.


♦ mobile —— 移动 [yídòng]
中国移动通信集团公司 [Zhōngguó yídòng tōngxìn jítuán gōngsī] – China Mobile Communications Corporation


♦ Monday —— 星期一 [xīngqīyī]
星期一我最忙。[Xīngqīyī wǒ zuì máng.] – I am busiest on Monday.
昨天是星期日,今天是星期一。[Zuótiān shì xīngqírì, jīntiān shì xīngqí yī.] – Yesterday was Sunday. Today is Monday.


♦ monkey —— 猴子 [hóuzi]
一只猴子突然从树上跳了下来。[Yī zhǐ hóuzi túrán cóng shù shàng tiàole xiàlái.] – A monkey suddenly jumped down from the tree.


♦ month —— 月 [yuè]
今天几月几号?[Jīntiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào?] – What month is it today?
一年有十二个月。[Yì nián yǒu shíèr gè yuè.] – There are twelve months in a year.
我每月交房租。[Wǒ měi yuè jiāo fángzū.] – I pay the rent every month.


♦ more —— 多 [duō], 更加 [gèngjiā]; more and more: 越来越 [yuè lái yuè], 还 [hái]
从今以后我会更加努力。[Cóng jīn yǐhòu wǒ huì gèngjiā nǔlì.] – I will be more hardworking from now on.
天越来越冷了。[Tiān yuè lái yuè lěngle.] – The weather is getting colder and colder.
中国取消修建一百多座火力发电厂的计划。[Zhōngguó qǔxiāo xiūjiàn yībǎi duō zuò huǒlì fādiàn chǎng de jìhuà.] – China is cancelling plans to build more than 100 coal-fired power plants.
黑葡萄比红葡萄还甜。[Hēi pútáo bǐ hóng pútáo hái tián.] – Black grapes taste even sweeter than the red ones.


♦ morning —— 早上 [zǎo shàng], 上午 [shàngwǔ], 早晨 [zǎochén]
早上好。[zǎo shàng hǎo] – Good morning.
老师,您早![Lǎoshī, nín zǎo!] – Good morning, teacher!
上午我要去图书馆。[Shàngwǔ wǒ yào qù túshūguǎn.] – I need to go to the library this morning.
早晨我吃了两个包子,喝了一碗米粥。[Zǎochén wǒ chīle liǎng gè bāozi, hēle yī wǎn mǐ zhōu.] – At breakfast, I had two steamed buns and a bowl of rice porridge.


♦ mosquito —— 蚊子 [wénzi]
为什么大自然要不厌其烦地创造蚊子呢?[Wèishéme dà zìrán yào bùyànqífán de chuàngzào wénzi ní?] – Why did Mother Nature have to take such great pains to create mosquitos?


♦ mother —— 妈妈 [māma], (formal) 母亲 [mǔqīn]
我想我妈妈。[Wǒ xiǎng wǒ māma.] – I miss my mother.
我妈妈教数学。[Wǒ māma jiāo shùxué.] – My mother teaches mathematics.
妈妈做饭做得真好。[Māma zuòfàn zuò de zhēnhǎo.] – Mom cooks very well.
她妈妈是医生。[Tā māma shì yīshēng.] – Her mother is a doctor.
妈妈要准备午饭。[Māma yào zhǔnbèi wǔfàn.] – Mother has to prepare lunch.
她长得像她母亲。[Tā zhǎng dé xiàng tā mǔqīn.] – She looks like her mother.
我妈妈每天帮我打扫房间。[Wǒ māmā měitiān bāng wǒ dǎsǎo fángjiān.] – My mother helps me to clean my room every day.
今天是妈妈的生日。[Jīntiān shì māmā de shēngrì.] – Today is mom’s birthday.


♦ mother-in-law —— husband’s mother – 婆婆 [pópo]; wife’s mother – 岳母 [yuèmǔ]
那位老婆婆很善良。[Nà wèi lǎopópo hěn shànliáng.] – That old lady is very kind.
她们婆媳关系融洽。[Tāmen póxí guānxì róngqià.] – The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is harmonious.


♦ mountain —— 山 [shān]
中国有很多大山。[Zhōngguó yǒu hěnduō dà shān.] – There are many big mountains in China.
世界上任何山峰都达不到珠穆朗玛峰的高度。[Shìjiè shàng rènhé shānfēng dōu dá bù dào zhūmùlǎngmǎ fēng de gāodù.] – No other mountain in the world is as tall as Mt. Everest.


♦ mouth —— 嘴 [zuǐ]


♦ movie —— 电影 [diànyǐng]
我们去看电影吧。[Wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng ba.] – Let’s go see a movie.
我看 完 了 电影 。(To tell us that you watched it till the end.) [Wǒ kàn wán le diànyǐng.] – I finished watching the movie.
晚上我去看电影。[Wǎnshang wǒ qù kàn diànyǐng.] – In the evening, I am going to see a movie.
电影开始了。[Diànyǐng kāishǐ le.] – The movie has started.


♦ much —— 太 [tài]
我太感激你了。[Wǒ tài gǎnjī nǐle.] – I feel very much indebted to you.


♦ muscle —— 肌肉 [jīròu]
早期症状可能包括瞳孔缩小,流鼻涕,喘息和肌肉抽搐。[Zǎoqí zhèngzhuàng kěnéng bāokuò tóngkǒng suōxiǎo, liú bítì, chuǎnxī hé jīròu chōuchù.] – Early symptoms can include pinprick pupils, runny nose, wheezing and muscle twitching.


♦ museum —— 博物馆 [bówùguǎn]
去博物馆的门票包括在内了。[Qù bówùguǎn de ménpiào bāokuò zài nèile.] – Admission to the museum is included in the package.


♦ mushroom —— 蘑菇 [mógū]
巨大的火光像蘑菇云一样照亮了夜空。[Jùdà de huǒguāng xiàng mógūyún yīyàng zhào liàngle yèkōng.] – A fire and a huge flash of light that resembled a mushroom cloud illuminating the darkness.


♦ music —— 音乐 [yīnyuè]
我常听古典音乐。[Wǒ cháng tīng gǔdiǎn yīnyuè.] – I often listen to classical music.
我喜欢西方音乐。[Wǒ xǐhuān xīfāng yīnyuè.] – I like western music.


♦ must —— 要 [yào], 不得不 [bùdé bù]
我们要继续前进。[Wǒmen yào jìxù qiánjìn.] – We must continue to move forward.
面对这么多问题,他们不得不取消整个项目。[Miàn duì zhème duō wèntí, tāmen bùdé bù qǔxiāo zhěnggè xiàngmù.] – Confronted with so many problems, they had to [must] cancel the entire project.