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乜嘢
mat1/mi1/me1 je5
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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] Level: 1 Google Frequency: 9,520 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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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:乜 mat1 me1 - [粵] what嘢 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? |
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Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 乜嘢 
你喺度亂講乜嘢？ 粵
What the hell are you doing? [Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼？]
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]
你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別 粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong? [Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]
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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