乜誰

See also: 乜谁

Chinese

		squint; (dial.) what	who
trad. (乜誰)		乜	誰
simp. (乜谁)		乜	谁
alternative forms		乜水

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat¹ seoi^4-2 / mat¹ seoi⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat¹ seoi^4-2 / mat¹ seoi⁴
    • Yale: māt séui / māt sèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁷ soey^4-2 / mat⁷ soey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: med¹ sêu^4-2 / med¹ sêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚⁵ sɵy̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /mɐt̚⁵ sɵy̯²¹/

Pronoun

1. (Cantonese) who

   吓？佢乜誰嚟㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   吓？佢乜谁嚟㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   haa²? keoi⁵ mat¹ seoi^4-2 lai⁴ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   What? Who is he?

   • 耶穌到該撒利亞腓立比嘅境界、問門生話、人哋話我人子係乜誰呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣到该撒利亚腓立比嘅境界、问门生话、人哋话我人子系乜谁呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1882, 《馬太福音傳》（羊城土話）, chapter 16, verse 13

     je⁴ sou¹ dou³ goi¹ saat³ lei⁶ aa³ fei⁴ lap⁶ bei² ge³ ging² gaai³, man⁶ mun⁴ sang¹ waa⁶, jan⁴ dei⁶ waa⁶ ngo⁵ jan⁴ zi² hai⁶ mat¹ seoi^4-2 ne¹. [Jyutping]

     When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

2. (Cantonese) so-and-so

Usage notes

• In Standard Cantonese, this has become a slightly less polite way of asking who than 邊個／边个.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誰 (“who; whom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		誰1, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誰1
Mandarin	Beijing	誰1
	Taiwan	誰1
	Ulanhot	誰1
	Tongliao	誰1
	Chifeng	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Bayanhot	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	誰1
	Harbin	誰1
	Shenyang	誰1
	Yantai (Muping)	誰1
	Qingdao	誰1
	Weifang (Weicheng)	誰1
	Weifang (Fangzi)	誰1
	Weifang (Hanting)	誰1
	Changyi	誰1
	Gaomi	誰1
	Zhucheng	誰1
	Anqiu	誰1
	Changle	誰1
	Linqu	誰1
	Qingzhou	誰1
	Shouguang	誰1
	Wulian	誰1
	Jinan	誰1
	Luoyang	誰1
	Wanrong	哪𠰻
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	啥外
	Zhengzhou	誰1
	Xi'an	誰1
	Yinchuan	誰1
	Lanzhou	誰1, 誰個, 誰們
	Xining	阿個, 阿一個, 啥人
	Ürümqi	誰1, 誰一個, 誰們
	Yanqi	誰1
	Wuhan	哪個, 啥個
	Huanggang	哪個, 啥個
	Chengdu	哪個, 啥子人
	Guiyang	哪個
	Kunming	哪個
	Guilin	誰1, 哪個
	Liuzhou	哪個, 哪人
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	哪個
	Xuzhou	誰1, 哪個
	Yangzhou	哪個, 哪一個
	Nanjing	哪個
	Hefei	哪個, 哈個
	Nantong	哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人
	Malaysia	誰1
	Singapore	誰1
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	誰1
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	誰1
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	哪個
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	誰1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰
	Hong Kong	邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	邊個, 哪誰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿誰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	哪誰
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	哪誰人
	Macau	邊個
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	邊個
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	乜誰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乜誰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	乜誰
	Foshan	邊個
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	邊個
	Foshan (Shunde)	邊個
	Foshan (Sanshui)	邊個
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	邊個
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邊個
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	邊個
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	邊個, 乜誰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿誰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	邊個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	誰, 邊個
	Taishan	阿誰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人
	Enping (Niujiang)	哥誰
	Heshan (Yayao)	唔個
	Dongguan	鼠個, 乜誰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乜誰
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	哪人
	Qingyuan	邊個
	Fogang	邊個
	Yingde (Hanguang)	邊個
	Shaoguan	邊個
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	邊個
	Renhua	邊個
	Lechang	邊個
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	乜誰
	Sihui	邊個
	Guangning	邊個
	Deqing	邊個
	Yunfu	邊個
	Xinxing	不個
	Luoding	邊個
	Yangjiang	乜誰
	Xinyi	乜人, 乜誰
	Lianjiang	乜人
	Nanning	邊個
	Wuzhou	邊個
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	乜人
	Baise	邊個
	Qinzhou	乜人, 邊人, 邊個
	Beihai	乜人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	乜人
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	邊個, 乜人
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	乜人
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	邊個
	Singapore (Guangfu)	邊個
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	邊個
	Móng Cái	乜人
Gan	Nanchang	哪個
	Lichuan	哪個
	Pingxiang	哪仔, 哪個仔
Hakka	Meixian	麼人, 哪儕
	Xingning	哪隻
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	哪誰, 哪隻
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	哪誰
	Huidong (Daling)	哪隻, 哪人
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	哪人, 麼個人
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	哪誰
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	哪誰
	Boluo (Bendihua)	哪誰
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	哪下
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	哪下, 哪下人
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	哪下
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	哪人
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	哪儕
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	哪儕, 麼人
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	麼人, 哪儕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	哪誰
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	哪誰
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	哪隻
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	哪隻
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	哪隻
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	哪咧
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	哪個
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	哪個
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	哪
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	哪人, 哪個
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	哪儕
	Liannan	哪人
	Conghua (Lütian)	哪人
	Jiexi	哪儕
	Changting	哪個, 哪個哩
	Wuping	哪個, 麼人
	Wuping (Pingyu)	麼人
	Liancheng	哪個, 麼人
	Ninghua	台人
	Ruijin	哪人, 哪個
	Shicheng	斯里
	Shangyou (Shexi)	哪人, 哪個人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麼人, 麼儕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麼儕, 哪儕
	Hong Kong	哪人
	Luchuan	麼人
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	麼人
	Sabah (Longchuan)	哪人
	Senai (Huiyang)	麼人
	Singkawang	麼儕
Huizhou	Jixi	哪個
	Shexian	哪個
	Tunxi	哪個
	Xiuning	哪個
	Yixian	哪個
	Qimen	何望
	Wuyuan	何一個, 唆羅
	Fuliang	誰個
	Dexing	麼人
	Jingde	哪個
Jin	Taiyuan	誰1, 誰們 usually plural
	Pingyao	誰1, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural
	Xinzhou	誰1, 誰們 usually plural
	Taibus (Baochang)	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Linhe	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Jining	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Hohhot	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Baotou	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Dongsheng	誰1, 誰們 plural
	Haibowan	誰1, 誰們 plural
Northern Min	Jian'ou	孰人, 孰麼人
	Songxi	哪人
	Zhenghe	孰麼人
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	哪隻, 若隻
	Jianyang	孰人
	Wuyishan	什麼人
	Pucheng (Shibei)	孰人, 孰麼人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	底儂
	Changle	底儂
	Fuqing	底儂, 什乇儂
	Pingtan	底儂
	Yongtai	底儂
	Gutian	底儂
	Fu'an	底儂
	Ningde	底儂, 儂
	Shouning	呢乇儂, 哪個
	Zhouning	底儂
	Fuding	乇儂
	Matsu	底儂
	Singapore (Fuqing)	底儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	誰2, 誰3, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	啥儂, 誰2
	Quanzhou	誰2, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂
	Jinjiang	啥儂, 誰2
	Nan'an	啥儂, 誰2
	Shishi	啥儂, 誰2
	Hui'an	啥儂, 誰2
	Anxi	啥儂, 誰2
	Yongchun	底儂, 誰3
	Dehua	底儂, 誰3
	Zhangzhou	誰5, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	誰5
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	誰5
	Hua'an	底股
	Nanjing	誰5
	Pinghe	誰5
	Zhangpu	誰5
	Yunxiao	誰5
	Zhao'an	什物儂
	Dongshan	是誰, 底儂
	Taipei	啥物儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啥儂
	Kaohsiung	啥物儂
	Yilan	啥儂, 誰2
	Changhua (Lukang)	啥物儂, 誰2
	Taichung	誰5, 啥儂
	Tainan	啥物儂
	Hsinchu	誰2, 啥物儂
	Kinmen	誰3, 啥儂, 誰2
	Penghu (Magong)	誰3
	Penang (Hokkien)	誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	啥儂, 誰2, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰3
	Manila (Hokkien)	誰仔, 啥儂
	Longyan	底儂, 誰2
	Zhangping	底儂, 誰2
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	誰1
	Datian	什儂, 底儂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	乜儂
	Guilin (Biyange)	乜儂
	Chaozhou	底𫢗, 𫢗
	Shantou	底𫢗, 底儂
	Shantou (Chenghai)	底𫢗
	Jieyang	底𫢗
	Haifeng	𫢗, 底𫢗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Singapore (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Pontianak (Teochew)	底𫢗
	Leizhou	誰3, 誰儂
	Wenchang	誰3
	Haikou	誰3
Puxian Min	Putian	什儂
	Xianyou	什儂
Central Min	Yong'an	誰儕, 何隻
	Sanyuan	何隻
	Shaxian	啥人
	Yanping (Wangtai)	誰人
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	底儂
	Sanxiang	底儂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哪個
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	哪個
Shehua	Luoyuan	什人
	Sanming	哪個
	Shunchang	什人
	Guixi (Zhangping)	什個人
	Jingning	哪個
	Lishui	哪個
	Longyou	哪個
	Chaozhou	哪個
	Fengshun	麼人
Waxiang	Luxi (Lijiatian)	何條
Wu	Shanghai	啥人
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	哈人
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	哈人
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	哈人
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	哈人
	Shanghai (Chongming)	哈人
	Suzhou	啥人
	Wuxi	啥人
	Danyang	哪個, 點高人
	Hangzhou	哪個
	Ningbo	啥人, 誰儂 dated
	Wenzhou	何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人
	Jinhua	哪個
Xiang	Changsha	哪個, 何至個 suburbs
	Xiangtan	哪個, 哪
	Loudi	哪個, 誰個
	Shuangfeng	哪個
	Quanzhou	哪個