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乜嘢

mat1/mi1/me1 je5

mie1 ye3

what? | 書: 甚麼; 什麼 | 文: 何

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]

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

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 9,520

乜嘢

乜 mat1 mi1 me1 ne6 mie1 nie4 - [粵] what
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles

Showing all 2 examples containing 乜嘢

你中意啲乜嘢呀? 粵 edit
What do you like?

你信乜嘢教呀? 粵 edit
What is your religion?

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 12th Jul 2007

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