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乜嘢
  mat1/mi1/me1 je5   jyutping
  mie1 ye3   pinyin
what? | : 甚麼; 什麼 | :

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]

Level: 1   Google Frequency: 9,520

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
乜嘢

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 mat1 me1  -  [粵] what
 je5  -  [粵] thing; articles

4 compounds containing this word:

乜嘢都 - whatever; anything
冇乜嘢 - nothing; it doesn't matter
做乜嘢 - why
乜嘢話 - what was said?

Showing all 6 examples containing 乜嘢
detail audio 做乜嘢?
Why are you sad/angry?
detail 乜嘢
What are you doing?
detail audio 乜嘢?
What is your religion?
detail audio 中意乜嘢?
What do you like?
detail audio 乜嘢都知道
I have discovered all.
detail 𥊙做乜嘢!
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