乜嘢都 (mat1 je5 dou1 | ) : whatever; anything

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乜嘢都

mat1 je5 dou1

whatever; anything

Level: 2
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

乜嘢都

This word has been viewed 4820 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 8th Jan 2006 16:47 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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乜 mat1 me1 - [粵] what
嘢 je5 - [粵] thing; articles
都 dou1 - all; both; even; already; also; capital

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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]

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]

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