(pos:代詞)(sim:乜)(sim:咩)(sim:咩嘢)
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yue:疑問代詞，用嚟提問一啲唔清楚嘅事物
eng:what; interrogative pronoun used to enquire about something unclear
<eg>
yue:你做緊乜嘢呀？ (nei5 zou6 gan2 mat1 je5 aa3?)
eng:What are you doing?
<eg>
yue:乜嘢係通貨膨脹呀？ (mat1 je5 hai6 tung1 fo3 paang4 zoeng3 aa3?)
eng:What is inflation?
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yue:疑問代詞，用嚟做定語，提問特定一樣嘢嘅詳細資訊
eng:what; what kind of; interrogative pronoun used as a modifier to request more detailed information about the specific thing that is modified
<eg>
yue:呢本係乜嘢書嚟㗎？ (ni1 bun2 hai6 mat1 je5 syu1 lai4 gaa3?)
eng:What book is this?
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yue: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
eng:used as a gap-filler or placeholder when one cannot find the right word or when one wants to avoid mentioning something
<eg>
yue:嗰個乜嘢呀，下次拎俾我吖。 (go2 go3 mat1 je5 aa3, haa6 ci3 ling1 bei2 ngo5 aa1.)
eng:Hey, can you bring me that thing next time?
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yue:泛指任何嘢，通常後面會有「#都」
eng:whatever; usually followed by #都 dou1
<eg>
yue:你要乜嘢我都會俾你。 (nei5 jiu3 mat1 je5 ngo5 dou1 wui5 bei2 nei5.)
eng:I will give you whatever you ask for.
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yue:用嚟反詰，以表達鄙視、不滿、驚訝
eng:used to form rhetorical questions so as to express disapproval, dismay, or astonishment
<eg>
yue:呢啲乜嘢英文嚟㗎！ (ni1 di1 mat1 je5 jing1 man2 lai4 gaa3)
eng:What kind of English is this! (i.e. It is so poorly written. How could you call this English?)