乜事

Cantonese · source Jyutpingmat1 si6

Meanings

  1. what's the matter?
  2. what happened?
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Same syllable, six tones

mat乜mat1what?mat2—mat3—mat4—mat5—物mat6thing

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: mie1 shi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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pron

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

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Exact source record & identity乜事 乜事 [mie1 shi4] {mat1 si6} /what's the matter?/what happened?/

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