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做
乜
嘢
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Jyutping
zou6 mat1 je5
Pinyin
zuò miē yě
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
what are you doing?
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
代詞
用嚟提問,意思係「點解」
what's up; what's the matter; why
做乜嘢啊?
做乜嘢啊?
zou6 mat1 je5 aa3?
What's the matter?
你做乜嘢打我啊?
你做乜嘢打我啊?
nei5 zou6 mat1 je5 daa2 ngo5 aa3?
Why did you hit me?
近義詞
做乜、做咩、點解
Definitions (Wiktionary)
pron, Cantonese
(Hakka) why
(syn.) 擁啥, 做麼子, 為乜為物, 幾解, 作個乜, 做咋個, 何, 做啥子, 擁什麼, 蔣其, 作乜物, 為乜底, 為哪門, 為哪樣, 幹麼兒, 何解, 做孰事, 為咋哩, 因乜解究, 嗎介, 曷, 為啥, 因個乜, 為什乇, 做乜乇, 作乜, 胡為, 為麼, 做哪乇, 為嘛, 做事, 啥講究, 因何, 做啥, 做什麼, 因乜事幹, 幾何, 為乜, 為淡事幹, 做乜事幹, 為甚物, 妝乜, 介計, 為些哪樣, 為啥物, 因啥, 整乜嘢, 做麼, 為何呢, 何以, 為咋個, 做點高, 做什名, 奚, 做麼事, 仰解, 幹什麼, 怎作, 做乇, 因乜, 做乜, 緣何, 做咋哩, 為麼子, 為甚, 為什個, 為何, 做乜事, 為咩, 做呢, 為啥子, 為麼個, 敢咧, 幹乜勢, 為麼事, 做門, 為乜嘢, 為孰事, 是按怎, 幹嗎, 做物, 創甚物, 因乜嘢, 為甚們 formal, 咩, 乜頭路, 何故, 為物底, 為待西, 物代, 為乜事幹, 做咩, 做何, 為點高, 幹什, 何物事, 做乜計, 敢哪, 胡, 怎搞的, 怎搞, 為什哩, 乜, 做哪門, 做呢乇, 啥個講究, 傒勢, 點解, 啥體, 為乜事, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故, 蔣講, 甚們事, 𠰻們, 為什麼, 何為, 做什乇, 為麼兒, 做物事, 按怎, 為點啥, 為啥體, 因為甚, 因乜緣故, 做乜嘢, 做麼個, 敢哪誌
verb, Cantonese
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 做 (zuò), 乜嘢.
噉我哋要做乜嘢?
噉我哋要做乜嘢?
gam2 ngo5 dei6 jiu3 zou6 mat1 je5?
So what do we need to do?
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
Cantonese
佢俾人一tam2就做乜嘢都得。
佢俾人一tam2就做乜嘢都得。
keoi5 bei2 jan4 jat1 t a m 2 zau6 zou6 mat1 je5 dou1 dak1 。
If you flatter him, he'll do anything.
Cantonese
你食完晚饭通常做乜嘢?
你食完晚飯通常做乜嘢?
nei5 sik6 jyun4 maan5 faan6 tung1 soeng4 zou6 mat1 je5 ?
What do you usually do after dinner?
What do you do after dinner?
Cantonese
你做乜嘢呀?
你做乜嘢呀?
nei5 zou6 mat1 je5 aa3 ?
What is it you do?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
做乜嘢啊?
做乜嘢啊?
zou6 mat1 je5 aa3?
What's the matter?
What's up?
Cantonese
做乜嘢畀个氹人踩?
做乜嘢畀個氹人踩?
zou6 mat1 je5 bei2 go3 tam3 jan4 caai2?
Why do you set up a trap for others?
Cantonese
佢成日都懒懒闲,做乜嘢都求求其其。
佢成日都懶懶閒,做乜嘢都求求其其。
keoi5 sing4 jat6 dou1 laan5 laan5 haan4, zou6 mat1 je5 dou1 kau4 kau4 kei4 kei4.
He's always lazing around and never does any work seriously.
Cantonese
你做乜嘢打我啊?
你做乜嘢打我啊?
nei5 zou6 mat1 je5 daa2 ngo5 aa3?
Why did you hit me?
Cantonese
你成只冤鬼咁跟足我一日做乜嘢?究竟想点?
你成隻冤鬼咁跟足我一日做乜嘢?究竟想點?
nei5 seng4 zek3 jyun1 gwai2 gam2 gan1 zuk1 ngo5 jat1 jat6 zou6 mat1 je5? gau3 ging2 soeng2 dim2
Why did you stalk me like a grudged ghost for the whole day? What do you want?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Cantonese
噉我哋要做乜嘢?
噉我哋要做乜嘢?
gam2 ngo5 dei6 jiu3 zou6 mat1 je5?
So what do we need to do?