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  me1   jyutping
  mie1   pinyin
[1] [n] bleating of sheep
[2] [Cantonese] [Hakka] [final particle] transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise

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]
noun
Stroke count: 9
Level: 2
Radical: (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 26000 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  joeng4 me1   = goat
detail  me1 aa3   = what?
detail  wai6 me1   = for what?
detail  hai6 me1   = really? is that true?
detail  me1 je5   = variant of 乜嘢
detail  joeng4 me1 sou1   = goatee
detail  ke1 si6 me1   = cashmere (as a loanword)
detail  me1/mei1 zaa3   = major (as loanword)
detail  joeng4 me1 si2   = constipation
detail  o1 joeng4 me1 si2   = constipation
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Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 咩
detail audio 做咩?
How come you are so slow?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]
detail audio 請問
May I know your name?
detail ?
What's the matter?
[shortened form of 乜嘢事呀]
detail 可惡究竟係咩
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?"]
detail 唔使補習班
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?]
detail audio 想要聖誕禮物
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]
detail 先生請問有啲可以你嘅
Sir, how can I help you?
detail 請問可以科大
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?
detail 難睇
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.]
detail 先進係咩詞性?/一個形容詞
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.]
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