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做乜

zou6 mat1

why - use to inquire reason. Written Chinese 國: 為什麼

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

Level: 3

做乜

做 zou6 zuo4 - do, make
乜 mat1 mi1 me1 ne6 mie1 nie4 - [粵] what

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你做乜野呀? 粵 edit
What are you doing?

做乜咁鬼鼠呀? 粵 edit
Why are you being so sneaky?

唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵 edit
Why are you muttering to yourself?

This word was added by changeup on 15th Feb 2006 and last edited on 6th Jun 2007

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