乜 [－]

Jyutping mat1
Pinyin miě

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    a surname, listed 388th in the Baijiaxing

乜 [－]

Jyutping mat1
Pinyin niè

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    a surname, listed 388th in the Baijiaxing

乜 [－]

Jyutping mat1
Pinyin miē

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 代詞
    疑​問代詞​；​睇​乜嘢
    what; see 乜嘢mat1 je5
    • 企喺佢隔籬嗰個係乜人嚟㗎？
      企喺佢隔篱𠮶个系乜人嚟㗎？
      kei5 hai2 keoi5 gaak3 lei4 go2 go3 hai6 mat1 jan4 lai4 gaa3?
      Who's the person standing next to him?
    • 你睇唔睇到佢拎緊乜呀？
      你睇唔睇到佢拎紧乜呀？
      nei5 tai2 m4 tai2 dou2 keoi5 ling1 gan2 mat1 aa3?
      Can you see what he's carrying?
  2. 代詞
    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
    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
    • 乜你今日唔駛返學咩？
      乜你今日唔驶返学咩？
      mat1 nei5 gam1 jat6 m4 sai2 faan1 hok6 me1?
      Don't you need to go to school today?
    • 乜你哋識㗎？
      乜你哋识㗎？
      mat1 nei5 dei6 sik1 gaa4?
      So you know each other?
  3. 代詞
    同​「​啊​/​ ​呀​(​aa3​)​」​一齊用​，​用​嚟​帶出​反話
    used together with 啊/ 呀(aa3) to bring out a sarcastic comment
    • 乜咁錯蕩呀？
      乜咁错荡呀？
      mat1 gam3 co3 dong6 aa3?
      What a pleasant coincidence meeting you here!
    • 乜咁好帶挈呀？
      乜咁好带挈呀？
      mat1 gam3 hou2 daai3 hit3 aa3?
      What a good *opportunity* you offered me!
  4. 代詞
    用​嚟​代替​某數​字​／​字串​入​面​嘅​一​個​音​節
    used to replace a syllable in a string of letters, characters, or numbers
    • 「乜乜M」嗰啲巴士，一定經地鐵站㗎。
      「乜乜M」𠮶啲巴士，一定经地铁站㗎。
      mat1 mat1 em1 go2 di1 baa1 si2, jat1 ding6 ging1 dei6 tit3 zaam6 gaa3.
      Bus routes with "something-something-M" as the route number always stop at the metro station.
    • 你話四乜八二話？
      你话四乜八二话？
      nei5 waa6 sei3 mat1 baat3 ji6 waa2?
      You said 4-what-8-2?
  5. 代詞
    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
    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
    • 明仔因為啲乜乜乜原因，所以今晚唔來嚕。
      明仔因为啲乜乜乜原因，所以今晚唔来噜。
      ming4 zai2 jan1 wai6 di1 mat1 mat1 mat1 jyun4 jan1 so2 ji5 gam1 maan5 m4 lai4 lu3.
      Ming could not come owing to several reasons.
  6. 近義詞
    乜嘢、咩
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, Cantonese
    anything; everything
    • 乜都得
      乜都得
      mat1 dou1 dak1
      anything goes
  2. character, Cantonese, Min-Nan
    what
    • 要啲乜？
      要啲乜？
      What do you want?
  3. character, Cantonese
    Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.
    • 乜你未食饭㗎？
      乜你未食饭㗎？
      mat1 nei5 mei6 sik6 faan6 gaa4?
      So you haven't eaten yet?
    • 乜仲未有佢嘅消息咩？
      乜仲未有佢嘅消息咩？
      mat1 zung6 mei6 jau5 keoi5 ge3 siu1 sik1 me1?
      So we still don't have any news about him?
  4. character, Cantonese
    why; how come
    • 乜你咁傻㗎？
      乜你咁傻㗎？
      mat1 nei5 gam3 so4 gaa3?
      How come you're so stupid?
  5. character
    to narrow one's eyes and squint
  6. character, Mandarin, dialectal
    that
    (syn.) 艾, 里, 解, 兀, 介面, 該, 那, 恁, 乜, 改, 兀₃, 港, 古, 𠰻, 埃, 嗰, 𡃕, 忽, 遐, 彼, 嚀, 許, 顧, 葛, 奈, 界, 麼, 夫, 伊, 階, 兀₄, 威, 歸, 密, 葛 also this, 喏, 過, 哎, 其, 呶, 爾, 蓋, 介, 箇
  7. character, Hakka
    also
    (syn.) 也, 亦都, 呠, 亦, 嘛, 乜, 亦 formal, 都
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. to squint
  2. (Cant.) what? huh?
  3. Cangjie Input
    PN
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 什麼 – 什么

乜 [－]

Jyutping ne6
Pinyin miē

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a surname

乜 [－]

Jyutping me5
Pinyin miē

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to squint/to glance sideways/to walk sideways

乜 [－]

Jyutping me2
Pinyin miē

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to squint/to glance sideways/to walk sideways

乜 [－]

Jyutping me1
Pinyin miē

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to squint/to glance sideways/to walk sideways

乜 [－]

Jyutping mat1 / me1 /mi1
Pinyin miē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5]
  2. (Cantonese) what?
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. what? (Cantonese)/see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]/how come / why/anything/everything

乜 [－]

Jyutping
Pinyin niè

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. surname Nie
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你仲有乜野要我帮忙吤？
    你仲有乜野要我幫忙吤？
    nei5 zung6 jau5 me1 je5 jiu3 ngo5 bong1 mong4 吤 ？
    • Do you still need my help?
  2. Cantonese
    呢个乜野嚟㗎。
    呢個乜野嚟㗎。
    nei4 go3 me1 je5 lai4 gaa3 。
    • What is that?
  3. Cantonese
    啲人成日话无乜嘢重要得过时间。
    啲人成日話無乜嘢重要得過時間。
    di1 jan4 sing4 jat6 waa2 mou4 mat1 je5 zung6 jiu3 dak1 gwo3 si4 gaan3 。
    • It is often said that nothing is more precious than time.
  4. Cantonese
    你日日都系做埋啲一模一样嘅嘢，乜唔会觉得闷嘅咩？
    你日日都係做埋啲一模一樣嘅嘢，乜唔會覺得悶嘅咩？
    nei5 jat6 jat6 dou1 hai6 zou6 maai4 di1 jat1 mou4 jat1 joeng6 ge3 je5 ， mat1 m4 wui2 gok3 dak1 mun6 ge3 me1 ？
    • I wonder if you don't get tired of doing the same thing every day.
  5. Cantonese
    我完全唔明𠮶条问题喺度问啲乜。
    我完全唔明嗰條問題喺度問啲乜。
    ngo5 jyun4 cyun4 m4 ming4 go2 tiu5 man6 tai4 hai2 dou6 man6 di1 mat1 。
    • The question foxed me completely.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    做乜成日用个背脊腯住我？
    做乜成日用個背脊腯住我？
    zou6 mat1 sing4 jat6 jung6 go3 bui3 zek3 dat1 zyu6 ngo5
    • Why do you turn your back to me for the whole day?
  2. Cantonese
    冇乜嘢需要担心。
    冇乜嘢需要擔心。
    mou5 mat1 je5 seoi1 jiu3 daam1 sam1.
    • There's nothing to worry about.
  3. Cantonese
    熄灯之后间房一片黑暗，乜都睇唔到。
    熄燈之後間房一片黑暗，乜都睇唔到。
    sik1 dang1 zi1 hau6 gaan1 fong2 jat1 pin3 haak1 am3, mat1 dou1 tai2 m4 dou2.
    • The room is swallowed by darkness after switching off the light. We can't see anything.
  4. Cantonese
    我唔识英文 foot 嘅复数系乜。
    我唔識英文 foot 嘅複數係乜。
    ngo5 m4 sik1 jing1 man2 fut1 ge3 fuk1 sou3 hai6 mat1.
    • I do not know the plural form of the word "foot".
  5. Cantonese
    syllabus入面咪有晒啰，做乜又问我会教啲咩㖞。
    syllabus入面咪有晒囉，做乜又問我會教啲咩喎。
    si1 li4 bas4 jap6 min6 mai6 jau5 saai3 lo1, zou6 mat1 jau6 man6 ngo5 wui3 gaau3 di1 me1 wo3.
    • Why ask me what I am going to teach when it is already shown in the syllabus?
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    我事前系唔知道有乜嘢人喺呢度嘅。
    我事前係唔知道有乜嘢人喺呢度嘅。
  2. Cantonese
    当年 CEC 仲系一只毫子股，讲紧系一两毫水位上落，冇乜成交𠮶只。
    當年 CEC 仲係一隻毫子股，講緊係一兩毫水位上落，冇乜成交嗰隻。
    yue:當年 CEC 仲係一隻毫子股，講緊係一兩毫水位上落，冇乜成交嗰隻。
  3. Cantonese
    乜你噉滥架？
    乜你噉濫架？
  4. Cantonese
    冇乜大概
    冇乜大概
    mou5 mat1 daai6 koi3
  5. Cantonese
    「乜你咁崇洋㗎？乜嘢都话外国好。」「有咩问题啊？我崇洋系因为崇优。」
    「乜你咁崇洋㗎？乜嘢都話外國好。」「有咩問題啊？我崇洋係因為崇優。」
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    近呢几年都冇乜新歌好听。
    近呢几年都冇乜新歌好听。
    gan6 nei1 gei2 nin4 dou1 mou5 mat1 san1 go1 hou2 teng1.
    • There have been few good new songs in the past few years.
  2. Cantonese
    你做乜激𰈍佢？
    你做乜激𰈍佢？
    nei5 zou6 mat1 gik1 can1 keoi5?
    • Why did you piss him off?
  3. Cantonese
    乜都得
    乜都得
    mat1 dou1 dak1
    • anything goes
  4. Cantonese
    要啲乜？
    要啲乜？
    • What do you want?
  5. Cantonese
    乜你未食饭㗎？
    乜你未食饭㗎？
    mat1 nei5 mei6 sik6 faan6 gaa4?
    • So you haven't eaten yet?