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  mat1 me1   jyutping
  mie1   pinyin
[] mat1
[1] [pron] what
[2] why; how come

[] me1 [] mie1
(of eyes) squint; half-closed into a slit




In Cantonese, is most likely derived from ''
Default PoS: pronoun Additional PoS: adverb
Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: (#5)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 33450 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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  zou6 mat1   = why; doing what
detail  mat1 jan6   = who? whom? whose? anyone?
detail  mat1 je5   = what (question word)
detail  mou5 mat1 je5   = nothing; it doesn't matter
detail  aa3 mat1 seoi4*2   = Mr So-and-So
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 45 examples containing 乜
detail audio 做乜嘢?
Why are you sad/angry?
detail audio 乜嘢?
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]
detail audio 今晚
What are the side dishes for dinner?
detail 乜嘢
What are you doing?
detail 喺度亂講乜嘢
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼?]
detail 做乜噉樣
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]
detail 我唔知
I don't know what to eat.
detail 乜嘢?
What do you like to drink?
[呀 is a final particle used here to soften an abrupt question.]
detail audio 使乜噉樣
Why is it necessary to do it this way? [Implication: Don't do it this way.]
detail audio 使乜
Why be scared? [Implication: Don't be scared.]
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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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