乜事

Chinese

		squint; (dial.) what	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (乜事)		乜	事
simp. #(乜事)		乜	事

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mih⁴ se⁷ / mih⁴ su⁷

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: māt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: med¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mih⁴ se⁷ / mih⁴ su⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mih sṳ̄ / mih sū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miʔ²⁻⁴ sɯ¹¹/, /miʔ²⁻⁴ su¹¹/

Pronoun

乜事

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) what matter; any matter

   乜事！ [Teochew]  ―  mih⁴ se⁷! [Peng'im]  ―  What! / What is it? / What do you want?

Synonyms

• 咩事

Derived terms

• 做乜事幹／做乜事干
• 因乜事幹／因乜事干
• 有乜事幹／有乜事干
• 為乜事幹／为乜事干