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乜嘢話

mat1/mi1 je5 waa6/6*2

[1] /mat1(/mi1) je5 waa6/ what language/speech/was said? [2] /mat1(/mi1) je5 waa2/ (incredulous tone) what?!; what did you say?!; what the … did you just say?!

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,060

乜嘢話

乜 mat1 mi1 me1 ne6 mie1 nie4 - [粵] what
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles
話 waa6 waa6*2 hua4 - speech; words; sayings

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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