乜 (mat1 me1 | mie1 ) : [粵] what

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乜

mat1 me1

mie1

[粵] mat1
[1] [pron] what
[2] why; how come

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

In Cantonese, 乜 is most likely derived from '物'

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 2

Level: 1

Radical: 乙 (#5)

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

乜

Don't confuse with:
七匕乇也

This word has been viewed 36686 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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乜嘢 mat1/mi1/me1 je5 mie1 ye3 = what 粵

乜都 mat1 dou1 mie1 dou1 = anything; everything 粵

冇乜 mou5 mat1 = not very; not so 粵

為乜 wai6 mat1 wei4 mie1 = why 粵

乜嘢都 mat1 je5 dou1 = whatever; anything 粵

做乜 zou6 mat1 = why; doing what 粵

乜人 mat1 jan6 = who? whom? whose? anyone? 粵

乜野 mat1 je5 = what (question word) 粵

冇乜嘢 mou5 mat1 je5 = nothing; it doesn't matter 粵

阿乜誰 aa3 mat1 seoi4*2 = Mr So-and-So 粵
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你做乜嘢呀? 粵
Why are you sad/angry?

你做緊乜嘢呀? 粵
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]

今晚食乜餸？粵
What are the side dishes for dinner?

你做緊乜嘢呀？粵
What are you doing?

你喺度亂講乜嘢？粵
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼？]

做乜嚇成噉樣啊？粵
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]

我唔知食乜。粵
I don't know what to eat.

飲乜嘢呀? 粵
What do you like to drink?
[呀 is a final particle used here to soften an abrupt question.]

使乜噉樣做呀？粵
Why is it necessary to do it this way? [Implication: Don't do it this way.]

使乜驚？粵
Why be scared? [Implication: Don't be scared.]

我唔記得佢叫乜名。粵
I can't recall his name.

你信乜嘢教呀? 粵
What is your religion?

你中意啲乜嘢呀? 粵
What do you like?

乜都可以。粵
Anything's possible.

我乜都鍾意食粵
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

都唔知你噏乜! 粵
I don't know what you're babbling about!

你噏乜春? 粵
what the hell are you talking about?

乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛? 粵
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?

假期有乜搞作啊？粵
What are your plans for the holidays?

我乜嘢都知道晒！粵
I have discovered all.

雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]

佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward.
[Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]

做乜搞成噉呀粵
What were you thinking?
[Lit. do what make complete thus [particle]? This is an idiomatic expression that does not take well to direct translation.]

你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong?
[Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]

佢今日寫嗰啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八粵
Nothing he wrote today made sense.
[Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]

乜你噉都唔明? 粵
Is it so hard to understand?
[[literal] why you such still not understand?]

乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
[Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]

佢乜嘢魚都鍾意食。粵
She likes to eat any kind of fish.
[In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]

佢喺度搞乜鬼？粵
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?

你對鞋係咩(乜)牌子? 粵
What brand are your shoes?

做乜咁鬼鼠呀? 粵
Why are you being so sneaky?

冇人嚟乜滯粵
Almost no one has come.

唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵
Why are you muttering to yourself?

乜你講得咁𪙛𠸉㗎 ! 粵
How is it you speak with such a stutter?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

乜咁錯蕩嚟探班呀粵
What brings you here today to visit me at my office?

乜呢張廣告貼到周街都係㗎! 粵
This advertisement is being posted all over the place!

𥊙下佢做乜嘢! 粵
Take a peep to see what he's been doing!

你對自瀆有乜睇法呢？粵
What are your views on masturbation?

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

乜你咁大個人重戽被㗎粵
You are so old now yet you still kick your blanket when you sleep!

乜得你咁氣來氣喘？粵
Why are you gasping?

飯唔熟乜滯粵
The rice is not quite cooked enough.

佢唔睇書乜滯粵
He seldom if ever reads.

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