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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
Show all 27 examplesWhat 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. |