咩me1嘢je5

English

1. what is it?
2. what
3. what; what kind of
4. used as a gap-filler / placeholder when one cannot find the right word or when one wants to avoid mentioning something
5. whatever, usually followed by dou1 (都)
6. used to form rhetoric questions to express disapproval, dismay, or astonishment

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 疑問代詞，用嚟提問一啲唔清楚嘅事物
2. 疑問代詞，用嚟做定語，提問特定一樣嘢嘅詳細資訊
3. 一時之間諗唔起個講法嘅時候，或者唔想講得太清楚嘅時候，用嚟攝位
4. 泛指任何嘢，通常後面會有「都」
5. 用嚟反詰，以表達鄙視、不滿、驚訝

Examples

• 你做緊咩嘢呀？

  What are you doing?

• 咩嘢係通貨膨脹呀？

  What is inflation? ----

• 呢本係咩嘢書嚟㗎？

  What book is this? ----

• 呢啲咩嘢英文嚟㗎！

  What kind of English is this! (=It is so poorly written. How could you call this English?)

• 你要咩嘢我都會俾你。

  I will give you whatever you ask for. ----

• 無咩嘢重要得過健康。

  Nothing is more important than health.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 嗰個咩嘢呀，下次拎俾我吖。

  Hey, remember that thing we talked about? Could you bring it next time? ----

• 無咩嘢好味得過你整啲嘢食。

  Nothing is so tasty as the dish you make.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY