English
- to squint
- surname Nie
- used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5]
- what; see 乜嘢 mat1 je5
- (Cant.) what? huh?
- (Cantonese) what?
- used in the beginning of a sentence to bring out a rhetorical question, usually used with sentence-final particles 咩 (me1) (uttered shortly in a high tone), 呀 (aa4), 㗎 (gaa4), 咋 (zaa4); the speaker expresses the opposite idea expressed by the whole sentence
- used together with 啊 / 呀 (aa3) to bring out a sarcastic comment
- used to replace a syllable in a string of letters, characters, or numbers
- used to substitute a series of things, reasons, or places...; the repetitive form 「乜乜」or 「乜乜乜」can also be used to substitute plural things
粵語
- 疑問代詞；睇乜嘢
- 喺句頭用嚟帶出反問句，同句末助詞「咩 (me1)」（發音高而短）、「呀 (aa4)」、「㗎 (gaa4)」、「咋 (zaa4)」一齊用；説話者用以表示與句子意思相反嘅想法
- 同「啊 / 呀 (aa3)」一齊用，用嚟帶出反話
- 用嚟代替某數字／字串入面嘅一個音節
- 用以取代一連串嘅事情，原因，地方等; 可以重覆使用成「乜乜」或「乜乜乜」；所取代嘅嘢必須係眾數
Stroke order
As a component in
Words containing 乜
- 乜人mat1 jan4
what kind of person, every kind of person
- 乜水mat1 seoi2
who
- 做乜zou6 mat1
(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
- 乜鬼mat1 gwai2
"what the hell?"; an intense way of asking "what"
- 為乜wai6 mat1
(interrogative adverb) what for; why
- 使乜sai2 mat1
(phrase) to indicate that something is unimportant or unnecessary , similar to the meaning of "there is no need to…"; "why bother…"
- 乜春mat1 ceon1
what's up?
- 冇乜mou5 mat1
nothing; it's nothing; not very; not particularly
- 乜誰mat1 seoi2
(pronoun) who; whom ; (noun) so-and-so; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
- 乜滯mat1 zai6
not; not too (spoken)
- 乜嘢mat1 je5
what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
- 乜東東mat1 dung1 dung1
(slang) what is that?
- 乜傢伙mat1 gaa1 fo1
what
- 乜料mat1 liu2
used to enquire about the background or circumstances surrounding someone or something
- 使乜講sai2 mat1 gong2
absolutely; needless to say (spoken)
- 乜都假mat1 dou1 gaa2
(slang) (of object) everything is fake; all are fake; (of event) a phrase to express how resolute someone is to stand one's ground which cannot be compromised, with an intention somewhat similar to telling others not to even bother; to describe a situation where there are no solutions or alternatives: there's no way out
- 容乜易jung4 mat1 ji6
very easy; a piece of cake; "so what if…" (implying that there is a certain risk of something happening)
- 冇乜點mou5 mat1 dim2
nothing special
- 乜嘢話mat1 je5 waa2
what did you say?
- 做乜嘢zou6 mat1 je5
what are you doing?
- 冇乜嘢mou5 mat1 je5
nothing; have nothing; it's fine
- 乜說話mat1 syut3 waa6
no problem at all
- 冇乜兩句mou5 mat1 loeng5 geoi3
to describe two people do not have much to talk
- 乜事mat1 si6
what's the matter?