乜使

Chinese

		squint; (dial.) what	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (乜使)		乜	使
simp. #(乜使)		乜	使
alternative forms		麼使／么使 物使
anagram		使乜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mih-sái

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mih-sái
    • Tâi-lô: mih-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mihsae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /mĩ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

Adverb

乜使

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, rhetorical) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother

   • 奸惡隨我的腳後㬹，四面圍我佇此號患難的日，我乜使驚？ [Hokkien, trad.]
     奸恶随我的脚后㬹，四面围我伫此号患难的日，我乜使惊？ [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1933, 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 詩篇 (Psalm) 49:5; Chinese characters from 1996, 台語漢字本聖經

     Kan-ok tè góa ê kha-āu-tiⁿ sì-bīn ûi góa, Tī chit-hō hōan-lān ê jı̍t góa mih-sái kiaⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Synonyms

• 何乜苦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 何得苦 (Hokkien)
• 何必 (hébì)
• 何苦 (hékǔ)
• 何苦來／何苦来 (hékǔlái)
• 何須／何须 (héxū) (literary)
• 抑使 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 抑著 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 敢著／敢着 (Hokkien)
• 煞著 (Hokkien)
• 甲使 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 甲著／甲着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)