乜嘢

Chinese

		squint; (dial.) what	(Cantonese) thing
trad. (乜嘢)		乜	嘢
simp. #(乜嘢)		乜	嘢
alternative forms		乜野

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mat¹ je⁵ / me¹ je⁵ / me¹ e⁵ / mi¹ je⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mot² yie¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat¹ je⁵ / me¹ je⁵ / me¹ e⁵ / mi¹ je⁵
    • Yale: māt yéh / mē yéh / mē éh / mī yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁷ je⁵ / me¹ je⁵ / me¹ e⁵ / mi¹ je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: med¹ yé⁵ / mé¹ yé⁵ / mé¹ é⁵ / mi¹ yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚⁵ jɛː¹³/, /mɛː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/, /mɛː⁵⁵ ɛː¹³/, /miː⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/

Note: me1 je5, me1 e5 - often written as 咩嘢.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mot² yie¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔt̚⁵⁵ jiɛ³³/

Pronoun

乜嘢

1. (Cantonese) what

   你做緊乜嘢呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   你做紧乜嘢呀？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zou⁶ gan² mat¹ je⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   What are you doing?

Determiner

乜嘢

1. (Cantonese) what

   你最鍾意嘅係乜嘢顏色？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   你最钟意嘅系乜嘢颜色？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ zeoi³ zung¹ ji³ ge³ hai⁶ mat¹ je⁵ ngaan⁴ sik¹? [Jyutping]

   Which colour is your favourite?

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		什麼, 恁麼 obsolete
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	什麼, 嗎兒
	Taiwan	什麼
	Chengde	什麼
	Chifeng	啥
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	什麼, 啥
	Heihe	什麼, 啥
	Qiqihar	什麼, 啥
	Harbin	什麼, 啥
	Jiamusi	什麼, 啥
	Baicheng	啥
	Changchun	啥
	Tonghua	啥
	Shenyang	什麼, 啥
	Jinzhou	什麼, 啥
	Malaysia	什麼
	Singapore	什麼
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嗎
	Tangshan	啥
	Cangzhou	什麼, 嗎
	Baoding	什麼
	Shijiazhuang	啥
	Lijin	啥, 啥稿兒
	Weifang (Weicheng)	啥, 什麼
	Weifang (Fangzi)	什麼
	Changle	啥, 什麼
	Shouguang	啥嘎
	Rizhao	什麼
	Wulian	什麼
	Jinan	麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	什麼
	Dandong	什麼, 啥
	Yantai	什麼
	Yantai (Muping)	麼, 麼個
	Qingdao	什麼
	Weifang (Hanting)	什麼
	Changyi	什麼
	Gaomi	什麼
	Zhucheng	什麼
	Anqiu	什麼
	Linqu	什麼
	Qingzhou	啥, 什麼嘎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	啥
	Lingbao	啥兒
	Jining	什麼
	Wanrong	色
	Linfen	啥
	Shangqiu	啥
	Yuanyang	什麼
	Zhengzhou	啥
	Xinyang	啥
	Baihe	啥
	Xi'an	什麼, 啥
	Baoji	啥, 咋麼
	Tianshui	啥
	Xining	啥
	Xuzhou	什麼, 啥, 啥子
	Fuyang	什麼, 啥
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	啥
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	什麼, 啥
	Lanzhou	什麼, 啥
	Dunhuang	啥
	Hami	什麼, 啥
	Ürümqi	啥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	啥子
	Nanchong	啥, 啥子
	Dazhou	啥子
	Hanyuan	啥, 啥子
	Xichang	啥子
	Zigong	啥子
	Chongqing	啥子
	Wuhan	什麼, 麼事
	Yichang	什麼兒
	Xiangyang	什麼, 啥子
	Tianmen	什麼, 什麼的
	Lhasa	啥子
	Guiyang	哪樣
	Zunyi	啷個, 啥子
	Bijie	哪樣, 啷子
	Liping	甚子
	Zhaotong	什麼, 啥子
	Dali	咋個
	Kunming	什麼, 哪樣
	Mengzi	哪樣
	Guilin	什麼
	Guilin (Lingui)	什麼
	Guanyang	什麼
	Liuzhou	什麼
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	什麼
	Jishou	什麼
	Changde	麼得
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	麼子
	Hanzhong	啥子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	什麼
	Reshuitang (Longling)	什麼
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	哪樣, 什麼
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	什麼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	什麼
	Yangzhou	什麼
	Lianyungang	什麼
	Lianshui	什麼
	Nantong	甚呢
	Anqing	什麼, 麼東西
	Wuhu	什麼
	Hefei	什麼, 哄, 哄個
	Hong'an	什麼, 麼事, 麼東西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
	Hong Kong	乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	咩嘢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	乜嘢
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	咩嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	咩嘢
	Macau	乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	乜嘢
	Foshan	乜嘢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	乜嘢
	Foshan (Shunde)	乜嘢
	Foshan (Sanshui)	乜嘢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	乜嘢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	乜嘢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	乜嘢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	乜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	乜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	乜嘢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	乜
	Taishan	乜, 乜嘢
	Taishan (Guanghai)	乜, 乜嘎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢
	Enping (Niujiang)	乜嘢
	Heshan (Yayao)	乜嘢
	Dongguan	乜嘢, 乜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乜嘢
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	乜嘢, 乜
	Yangjiang	乜, 乜嘢
	Wuzhou	乜嘢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	物底
	Guiping	乜嘢
	Mengshan (Xihe)	什麼
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	乜嘢
	Baise	乜嘢
	Qinzhou	乜嘢, 乜
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	乜底
	Beihai	乜嘢
	Beihai (Nankang)	乜嘢
	Beihai (Yingpan)	乜底
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	乜嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	乜嘢
	Hengzhou	哪門
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	乜嘢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	乜嘢, 咩
	Penang (Guangfu)	乜嘢, 咩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	乜嘢, 咩, 乜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	乜嘢
	Móng Cái	乜嘢
	Yangon (Taishan)	乜
Gan	Nanchang	什哩
	Lichuan	什仔
	Pingxiang	咋個
Hakka	Meixian	麼個
	Xingning	麼個
	Dabu (Gaobei)	麼個
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	麼個
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	麼個
	Fengshun (Pantian)	麼個
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	乜嘢
	Huiyang	麼個
	Huidong (Daling)	麼個
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	麼個
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	麼個
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	乜嘢
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	麼個
	Wengyuan	麼個
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	什麼
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	麼個
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	麼個
	Liannan	麼個
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	麼個
	Jiexi	麼個
	Luhe	麼個
	Changting	麼個, 什西哩, 什西
	Wuping	麼個, 麼事
	Wuping (Pingyu)	麼個
	Liancheng	麼個, 什麼
	Ninghua	什麼
	Yudu	子個
	Ruijin	咩, 唔幾
	Shicheng	什麼
	Shangyou (Shexi)	哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪
	Tonggu (Sandu)	麼個
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	什麼
	Dayu	什麼
	Taoyuan	麼個
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麼個
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麼個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麼個
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麼個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麼個
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麼個
	Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)	麼個
	Hong Kong	麼個
	Mengshan (Xihe)	麼個
	Luchuan	麼個
	Senai (Huiyang)	麼個
	Kuching (Hepo)	乜個
	Singkawang	麼個
	Pontianak (Meixian)	麼個
	Singapore (Dabu)	麼個
	Bangkok (Meixian)	麼個
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	麼個
Huizhou	Jixi	麼仂
	Shexian	麼二
Jin	Taiyuan	甚
	Yangyuan	什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚
	Datong	啥
	Xinzhou	甚
	Lüliang (Lishi)	甚
	Changzhi	什麼
	Linhe	什麼, 甚
	Jining	甚
	Hohhot	甚
	Erenhot	什麼, 甚
	Pingshan	什麼兒
	Zhangjiakou	什麼
	Handan	什麼, 啥
	Linzhou	啥
	Suide	什麼, 甚
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	啥哩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	橘二, 橘二事
	Songxi	什麼事
	Jianyang	孰事
	Wuyishan	什麼事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名
	Fuzhou (Changle)	什乇
	Fuqing	什乇, 乜乇
	Pingtan	什乇
	Yongtai	哪乇
	Gutian	乇, 什乇
	Fu'an	乜乇
	Ningde	哪乇
	Shouning	呢乇
	Zhouning	乜乇
	Fuding	哪乇
	Matsu	什乇
	Singapore (Fuqing)	什乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	什物, 啥物, 啥貨
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	什物
	Quanzhou	啥物, 乜
	Jinjiang	啥物
	Nan'an	什物
	Shishi	啥物
	Hui'an	什物
	Anxi	啥物
	Yongchun	啥物
	Dehua	啥物
	Zhangzhou	哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	啥物, 啥
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	啥
	Hua'an	什物
	Nanjing	哪物
	Pinghe	啥物
	Zhangpu	啥貨
	Yunxiao	什物仔
	Zhao'an	什物
	Dongshan	什物
	Taipei	啥貨, 啥物, 啥
	Taipei (Wanhua)	啥物
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啥
	Kaohsiung	啥, 啥貨, 啥物
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	啥物, 啥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	啥物, 啥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	啥物, 啥
	Yilan	啥貨, 啥物貨
	Changhua (Lukang)	啥物, 啥貨
	Taichung	啥, 啥貨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	啥物
	Tainan	啥物, 啥貨
	Taitung	啥物
	Hsinchu	啥, 啥物
	Kinmen	啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代
	Penghu (Magong)	啥貨, 物代
	Penang (Hokkien)	何物
	Singapore (Hokkien)	什物
	Manila (Hokkien)	啥物
	Medan (Hokkien)	何物
	Longyan	什物
	Datian	啥貨, 什物
	Chaozhou	乜個, 乜
	Shantou	乜個, 乜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	乜個
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乜個
	Jieyang	乜個, 乜, 是乜
	Haifeng	乜個, 乜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	乜個
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	乜個
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	乜個
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	乜個
	Singapore (Teochew)	乜個, 什乜, 底個
	Batam (Teochew)	乜個, 什乜, 底個
	Pontianak (Teochew)	乜個
	Leizhou	乜
	Wenchang	乜
	Haikou	乜, 個乜
	Qionghai	乜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	乜
Central Min	Yong'an	啥貨
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	啥貨
	Sanming (Shaxian)	啥貨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	乜儗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	門, 哪門
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	哪門
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	什個
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	什家
Wu	Shanghai	啥, 啥個, 啥物事
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	啥物
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	啥物事
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	啥物
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	做啥
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	哈個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	何, 何物, 何物事
	Suzhou	啥, 啥個, 啥物事
	Wuxi	啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物
	Danyang	點高
	Hangzhou	啥
	Ningbo	啥, 啥西
	Wenzhou	何乜
	Jinhua	待, 淡
Xiang	Changsha	麼子
	Loudi	麼子
	Shuangfeng	麼子
	Quanzhou	什麼
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	啥

Dialectal synonyms of 什麼 (“what”) [map]