View source for 乜

{{also|セ|ㆤ}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=5|rad=乙|as=01|sn=2|four=47712|canj=PN,PS,XPN|ids=⿻乛乚,⿻𠃌乚}}

====Derived characters====
* {{charlist|sc=Hani|𱑿𭑫𰒹𭴂𤘗𦘮𮓲𲃔𰥟𲍆𰫥𠬫𰰟}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0083.180|dkj=00166|dj=0168.010|hdz=10049.090|uh=4E5C}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms}}

From {{ltc-l|物}} ({{zh-ref|Lien, 2013}}; {{zh-ref|Chor and Lam, 2023}}).

Also compare {{cog|za|maz||what}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=miē
|c=mat1
|c-t=mot2
|mn=xm,qz,tw:mih
|mn-t=mih4/mêh4
|mn-t_note=mêh4 - Jieyang
|ca=LL-Q9186-Justinrleung-乜.wav
|cat=pron
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|Cantonese|Southern Min}} [[what]]
#: {{zh-x|要 啲 乜？|'''What''' do you want?|C}}
#: {{zh-x|愛 乜個？|tr=ain3 '''mih4''' gai5?|'''What''' do you want?|MN-T}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} anything; everything
#: {{zh-x|乜 都 得|'''anything''' goes|C}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} [[why]]; [[how come]]
#: {{zh-x|乜 你 咁 傻 㗎？|'''How come''' you're so stupid?|C}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} {{n-g|Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.}}
#: {{zh-x|乜 你 未 食飯 㗎{gaa4}？|So you haven't eaten yet?|C}}
#: {{zh-x|乜 仲 未 有 佢 嘅 消息 咩？|So we still don't have any news about him?|C}}

=====Usage notes=====
In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use {{zh-l|乜個}}.

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|什麼}}
{{zh-dial|為什麼}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|乜個|某乜人|何乜苦|乜嘢|乜誰|乜鬼|乜人|乜代|乜使}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-forms}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=miē
|c=me1,me2,me5
|mn-t=mi1
|cat=v
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# to [[narrow#Verb|narrow]] one's [[eyes]] and [[squint]]

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|乜乜屑屑|乜乜斜斜|乜乜踅踅|乜斜|乜斜眼|乜斜纏帳}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-forms}}
{{zh-wp|zh:乜姓|yue:乜氏}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=Niè,Miě
|c=ne6
|mn=xm:biá
|mn-t=nian7
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{surname|zh}}, listed 388th in the ''[[w:Baijiaxing|Baijiaxing]]''

===Etymology 4===
{{zh-forms}}
{{rfe|zh}}

====Pronunciation====
{{rfp|zh}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|dialectal Mandarin}} [[that]] <!--see https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rIlVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137&dq=%E4%B9%9C%E9%92%B1&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&redir_esc=y&sourceid=cndr#v=onepage&q=%E4%B9%9C%E9%92%B1&f=false-->
<!--see also 汪化云. 方言远指代词“乜、兀”的词源[J]. 汉字文化, 2007(4):50-52.-->

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|那}}

===Etymology 5===
{{zh-forms}}
{{rfe|zh}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|h=pfs=me
|cat=adv
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|Hakka}} [[also]]
#* {{zh-x|無{mò}限 滿足 快樂 湧 自 心田　危險 中 乜{me} 毋 改變||H|ref={{lang|zh|客家聖樂團}}, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-TliP64Eo {{lang|zh|上帝就係愛}}]}}

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|也}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=乙01}}

# to [[squint]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=め
|kanon=ば
|kun=やぶにら-み
}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|사팔뜨기|먀}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=乙01}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=乙01
|hanviet=khiết-gdhn
}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=乙01}}

===References===
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