粵

咩me1話waa2

simp咩话
me1 waa2miē huà

English

  1. What do you mean?; What did you say?
  2. "What?", "What did you say?" ----
  3. to express shock, disbelief

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 詢問對方剛才講咗乜嘢;通常係因為聽唔清楚,要求對方重覆講一次
  2. 表示驚訝,不能接受

Examples

  • 咩話?

    What?

    Tatoeba · aizilan CC BY

  • 你啱啱講咩話?

    What did you just say?

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 瑞士啲人講咩話㗎?

    What language do they speak in Switzerland?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 菲律賓人講咩話㗎?

    What languages are spoken in the Philippines?

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 咩話?我聽唔到你講咩呀。

    What? I can't hear you.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 咩話?而家先十一點咋?仲有成粒鐘先食飯喎。

    What? It's only eleven? We still have an hour to go before lunch.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 「阿天同 Alice 下個月結婚喇。」「咩話?!你講真嘎?」 (aa3 tin1 tung4 Alice haa6 go3 jyut6 git3 fan1 laa3. me1 waa2? nei5 gong2 zan1 gaa4?)

    "Ah Tin and Alice is getting married next month." "What?!?!?! Are you kidding me?"

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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