「乜」

Entry #1
Pronunciation：	mat1
Part of Speech：	pronoun
Explanation：	what; see 乜嘢 mat1 je5 (Cant.) 企kei5喺hai2佢keoi5隔gaak3籬lei4嗰go2個go3係hai6乜mat1人jan4嚟lai4㗎gaa3？ (Eng.) Who's the person standing next to him? (Cant.) 你nei5睇tai2唔m4睇tai2到dou2佢keoi5拎ling1緊gan2乜mat1呀aa3？ (Eng.) Can you see what he's carrying? 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 (Cant.) 乜mat1你nei5今gam1日jat6唔m4駛sai2返faan1學hok6咩me1？ (Eng.) Don't you need to go to school today? (Cant.) 乜mat1你nei5哋dei6識sik1㗎gaa4？ (Eng.) So you know each other? used together with 啊 / 呀 (aa3) to bring out a sarcastic comment (Cant.) 乜mat1咁gam3錯co3蕩dong6呀aa3？ (Eng.) What a pleasant coincidence meeting you here! (Cant.) 乜mat1咁gam3好hou2帶daai3挈hit3呀aa3？ (Eng.) What a good opportunity you offered me! used to replace a syllable in a string of letters, characters, or numbers (Cant.) 「乜mat1乜mat1Mem1」嗰go2啲di1巴baa1士si2，一jat1定ding6經ging1地dei6鐵tit3站zaam6㗎gaa3。 (Eng.) Bus routes with "something-something-M" as the route number always stop at the metro station. (Cant.) 你nei5話waa6四sei3乜mat1八baat3二ji6話waa2？ (Eng.) You said 4-what-8-2? 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 (Cant.) 明ming4仔zai2因jan1為wai6啲di1乜mat1乜mat1乜mat1原jyun4因jan1，所so2以ji5今gam1晚maan5唔m4來lai4嚕lu3。 (Eng.) Ming could not come owing to several reasons.
Synonym：	Synonym：乜嘢咩
See also：	許點樣咩嘢
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電郵地址	上面呢個欄位係用嚟隔走啲bot嘅。如果你唔係bot，請唔好填寫任何嘢。

(pos:代詞)(sim:乜嘢)(sim:咩)
<explanation>
yue:疑問代詞；睇#乜嘢
eng:what; see #乜嘢 mat1 je5
<eg>
yue:企喺佢隔籬嗰個係乜人嚟㗎？ (kei5 hai2 keoi5 gaak3 lei4 go2 go3 hai6 mat1 jan4 lai4 gaa3?)
eng:Who's the person standing next to him?
<eg>
yue:你睇唔睇到佢拎緊乜呀？ (nei5 tai2 m4 tai2 dou2 keoi5 ling1 gan2 mat1 aa3?)
eng:Can you see what he's carrying?
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<explanation>
yue: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
eng: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
<eg>
yue:乜你今日唔駛返學咩？ (mat1 nei5 gam1 jat6 m4 sai2 faan1 hok6 me1?)
eng:Don't you need to go to school today?
<eg>
yue:乜你哋識㗎？ (mat1 nei5 dei6 sik1 gaa4?)
eng:So you know each other?
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<explanation>
yue:同「#啊 / #呀 (aa3)」一齊用，用嚟帶出反話
eng:used together with #啊 / #呀 (aa3) to bring out a sarcastic comment
<eg>
yue:乜咁錯蕩呀？ (mat1 gam3 co3 dong6 aa3?)
eng:What a pleasant coincidence meeting you here!
<eg>
yue:乜咁好帶挈呀？ (mat1 gam3 hou2 daai3 hit3 aa3?)
eng:What a good *opportunity* you offered me!
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<explanation>
yue:用嚟代替某數字／字串入面嘅一個音節
eng:used to replace a syllable in a string of letters, characters, or numbers
<eg>
yue:「乜乜M」嗰啲巴士，一定經地鐵站㗎。 (mat1 mat1 em1 go2 di1 baa1 si2, jat1 ding6 ging1 dei6 tit3 zaam6 gaa3.)
eng:Bus routes with "something-something-M" as the route number always stop at the metro station.
<eg>
yue:你話四乜八二話？ (nei5 waa6 sei3 mat1 baat3 ji6 waa2?)
eng:You said 4-what-8-2?
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<explanation>
yue: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
eng: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
<eg>
yue:明仔因為啲乜乜乜原因，所以今晚唔來嚕。 (ming4 zai2 jan1 wai6 di1 mat1 mat1 mat1 jyun4 jan1 so2 ji5 gam1 maan5 m4 lai4 lu3.)
eng:Ming could not come owing to several reasons.

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