乜mat1鬼gwai2

English

1. "what the hell?"; an intense way of asking "what"
2. a pronoun used to strengthen the tone of a questionunreviewed?
3. anythingunreviewed?
4. added before a singular name or a noun referencing a person so as to express one has forgotten their name or to show a degree of contemptunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令一個問題嘅語氣變重嘅代名詞unreviewed?
2. 指任何事物，亦都會令語氣變重unreviewed?
3. 加響人名或者指指向人嘅名詞（例如職業），表示蔑視或者唔記得完整名稱unreviewed?

Examples

• 你攪乜鬼呀？

  What the hell are you doing?

  Tatoeba · Akh2403 CC BY

• 送乜鬼嘢現金劵吖，折現好過啦！

  I don't want a bloody voucher. Just give me cash!

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• unreviewed?

  你究竟攪乜鬼啊？

  What on earth are you doing? ----

• unreviewed?

  乜鬼都好喇，有得食就得。

  Anything would be fine, as long as there's something to eat. ----

• unreviewed?

  嗰個乜鬼教授，講嘢咁鬼悶，怪唔之得冇人報佢嗰堂啦。

  That professor, whoever he is, is so boring. It's no wonder no one signs up for his class.