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  mat1 mi1 me1 ne6   jyutping
  mie1 nie4   pinyin
/粵拼:mat1\mi1\me1//漢語:mie1/
[1] [][][] what? | Most likely derived from ''

/粵拼:ne6//漢語:nie4/
[2] [v] to squint [3] a surname

Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: (#5)

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This character was last edited on 16th Apr 2008

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detail  mat1/mi1/me1 je5  mie1 ye3 = what
detail  mat1 dou1  mie1 dou1 = anything; everything
detail  mou5 mat1   = not very; not so
detail  wai6 mat1  wei4 mie1 = why
detail  mat1 je5 dou1   = whatever; anything
detail  mat1 jan6   = who? whom? whose? anyone?
detail  mat1 je5   = what (question word)
detail  mou5 mat1 je5   = nothing; it doesn't matter
detail  mat1/mi1 je5 waa6/6*2   = what was said?
detail  mat1 dung1 dung1   = what
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Showing 10 of 20 examples containing 乜
detail 做乜? edit
What are you doing?
detail 使乜噉樣 edit
Why is it necessary to do it this way? [Implication: Don't do it this way.]
detail 使乜 edit
Why be scared? [Implication: Don't be scared.]
detail 唔記得 edit
I can't recall his name.
detail 中意乜嘢? edit
What do you like?
detail 乜都可以 edit
Anything's possible.
detail 乜都鍾意 edit
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]
detail 乜春? edit
what the hell are you talking about?
detail 乜嘢? edit
What is your religion?
detail 喺度搞乜鬼 edit
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?
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