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搞乜鬼

gaau2 mat1 gwai2

gao3 mie1 gui3

what the heck are you doing?

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

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 9,170

搞乜鬼

搞 gaau2 gao3 - carry on; set up
乜 mat1 mi1 me1 ne6 mie1 nie4 - [粵] what
鬼 gwai2 gui3 - ghost; spirit; devil; dark; evil

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佢喺度搞乜鬼？粵 edit
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?

This word was added by Emerald on 7th Apr 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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