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[1] [n] bleating of sheep [2] [Cantonese] [Hakka] [final particle] transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise 咩 can be used as a contraction of 乜嘢.
There is a detailed thread about the tone contour of this contraction here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]  Stroke count: 9
Level: 2
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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Don't confuse with: 味 |
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羊咩
joeng4 me1 = goat 粵
咩呀
me1 aa3 = what? 粵
為咩
wai6 me1 = for what?
係咩
hai6 me1 = really? is that true? 粵
咩嘢
me1 je5 = variant of 乜嘢 粵
羊咩鬚
joeng4 me1 sou1 = goatee 粵
茄士咩
ke1 si6 me1 = cashmere (as a loanword) 粵
咩咋
me1/mei1 zaa3 = major (as loanword) 粵
羊咩屎
joeng4 me1 si2 = constipation 粵
屙羊咩屎
o1 joeng4 me1 si2 = constipation 粵See all 15 compounds |
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Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 咩
做咩你咁慢㗎? 粵
How come you are so slow? [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]
可惡，究竟係咩事呀。 粵
Ugh, what actually happened [just now]? [This is a common phrase in some TV shows. 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?"]
你唔使返補習班咩？ 粵
Don't you need to go to cram school? [Lit. you no need return cram-class [particle]. Std. Chinese: 你不是要上補習班嗎？]
請問喺伊到可以搭咩車去科大？ 粵
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?
我Ｄ字好難睇咩？ 粵
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read? [Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]
〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞 粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective. [Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 咩
Unicode code for this character: U+54a9 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 咩
Unicode code for this character: U+54a9 (off-site link)
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