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Translingual
Han character
乜 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 心弓 (PN) or 心尸 (PS) or 難心弓 (XPN), four-corner 47712, composition ⿻乛乚 or ⿻𠃌乚)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 166
- Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 49, character 9
- Unihan data for U+4E5C
Chinese
Etymology 1
From 物 (MC mjut) (Lien, 2013; Chor and Lam, 2023).
Also compare Zhuang maz (“what”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
乜
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) what
- 要啲乜？ [Cantonese] ― jiu3 di1 mat1? ― What do you want?
- 愛乜個？／爱乜个？ [Teochew] ― ain3 mih4 gai5? [Peng'im] ― What do you want?
- (Cantonese) anything; everything
- 乜都得 [Cantonese] ― mat1 dou1 dak1 ― anything goes
- (Cantonese) why; how come
乜你咁傻㗎？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- mat1 nei5 gam3 so4 gaa3?
- How come you're so stupid?
- (Cantonese) Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.
乜你未食飯㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
乜你未食饭㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]- mat1 nei5 mei6 sik6 faan6 gaa4?
- So you haven't eaten yet?
乜仲未有佢嘅消息咩？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- mat1 zung6 mei6 jau5 keoi5 ge3 siu1 sik1 me1?
- So we still don't have any news about him?
Usage notes
In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use 乜個／乜个.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
什麼 (“what”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
何
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
什麼
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
什麼, 嗎兒
|
| Taiwan
|
什麼
|
| Tianjin
|
嗎
|
| Chengde
|
什麼
|
| Tangshan
|
啥
|
| Cangzhou
|
什麼, 嗎
|
| Baoding
|
什麼
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
啥
|
| Chifeng
|
啥
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Heihe
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Qiqihar
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Harbin
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Jiamusi
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Baicheng
|
啥
|
| Changchun
|
啥
|
| Tonghua
|
啥
|
| Shenyang
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Dandong
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Jinzhou
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Dalian
|
什麼
|
| Yantai
|
什麼
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
麼, 麼個
|
| Qingdao
|
什麼
|
| Lijin
|
啥, 啥稿兒
|
| Weifang (Weicheng)
|
啥, 什麼
|
| Weifang (Fangzi)
|
什麼
|
| Weifang (Hanting)
|
什麼
|
| Changyi
|
什麼
|
| Gaomi
|
什麼
|
| Zhucheng
|
什麼
|
| Anqiu
|
什麼
|
| Changle
|
啥, 什麼
|
| Linqu
|
什麼
|
| Qingzhou
|
啥, 什麼嘎
|
| Shouguang
|
啥嘎
|
| Rizhao
|
什麼
|
| Wulian
|
什麼
|
| Jinan
|
麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個
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| Jining
|
什麼
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| Luoyang
|
啥
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| Wanrong
|
色
|
| Shangqiu
|
啥
|
| Yuanyang
|
什麼
|
| Zhengzhou
|
啥
|
| Lingbao
|
啥兒
|
| Xinyang
|
啥
|
| Baihe
|
啥
|
| Hanzhong
|
啥子
|
| Xi'an
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Baoji
|
啥, 咋麼
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| Yinchuan
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Tianshui
|
啥
|
| Lanzhou
|
什麼, 啥
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| Dunhuang
|
啥
|
| Xining
|
啥
|
| Hami
|
什麼, 啥
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| Ürümqi
|
啥
|
| Wuhan
|
什麼, 麼事
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| Yichang
|
什麼兒
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| Xiangyang
|
什麼, 啥子
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| Tianmen
|
什麼, 什麼的
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| Hong'an
|
什麼, 麼事, 麼東西
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| Chengdu
|
啥子
|
| Nanchong
|
啥, 啥子
|
| Dazhou
|
啥子
|
| Hanyuan
|
啥, 啥子
|
| Xichang
|
啥子
|
| Zigong
|
啥子
|
| Chongqing
|
啥子
|
| Lhasa
|
啥子
|
| Guiyang
|
哪樣
|
| Zunyi
|
啷個, 啥子
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| Bijie
|
哪樣, 啷子
|
| Liping
|
甚子
|
| Zhaotong
|
什麼, 啥子
|
| Dali
|
咋個
|
| Kunming
|
什麼, 哪樣
|
| Mengzi
|
哪樣
|
| Guilin
|
什麼
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
什麼
|
| Guanyang
|
什麼
|
| Liuzhou
|
什麼
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
什麼
|
| Jishou
|
什麼
|
| Changde
|
麼得
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
麼子
|
| Anqing
|
什麼, 麼東西
|
| Xuzhou
|
什麼, 啥, 啥子
|
| Fuyang
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Wuhu
|
什麼
|
| Yangzhou
|
什麼
|
| Lianyungang
|
什麼
|
| Lianshui
|
什麼
|
| Nanjing
|
什麼
|
| Hefei
|
什麼, 哄, 哄個
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| Nantong
|
甚呢
|
| Malaysia
|
什麼
|
| Singapore
|
什麼
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
啥
|
| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
什麼
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
什麼
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
哪樣, 什麼
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
什麼
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
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| Hong Kong
|
乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
咩嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
乜嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
咩嘢
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
咩嘢
|
| Macau
|
乜嘢
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
乜嘢
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
乜嘢
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
乜
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
乜
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
乜嘢
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
乜
|
| Taishan
|
乜, 乜嘢
|
| Taishan (Guanghai)
|
乜, 乜嘎
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
乜嘢
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
乜嘢
|
| Dongguan
|
乜嘢, 乜
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
乜嘢
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| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
乜嘢, 乜
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| Yangjiang
|
乜, 乜嘢
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| Wuzhou
|
乜嘢
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
物底
|
| Guiping
|
乜嘢
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
什麼
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
乜嘢
|
| Baise
|
乜嘢
|
| Qinzhou
|
乜嘢, 乜
|
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
乜底
|
| Beihai
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
乜底
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
乜嘢
|
| Hengzhou
|
哪門
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
乜嘢
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢, 咩, 乜
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
乜嘢
|
| Móng Cái
|
乜嘢
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
乜
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
什哩
|
| Lichuan
|
什仔
|
| Pingxiang
|
咋個
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
麼個
|
| Xingning
|
麼個
|
| Dabu (Gaobei)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Tangkeng)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Fengliang)
|
麼個
|
| Fengshun (Pantian)
|
麼個
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
乜嘢
|
| Huiyang
|
麼個
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
麼個
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
麼個
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
麼個
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
乜嘢
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
麼個
|
| Wengyuan
|
麼個
|
| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
什麼
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
麼個
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
麼個
|
| Liannan
|
麼個
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
麼個
|
| Jiexi
|
麼個
|
| Luhe
|
麼個
|
| Changting
|
麼個, 什西哩, 什西
|
| Wuping
|
麼個, 麼事
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
麼個
|
| Liancheng
|
麼個, 什麼
|
| Ninghua
|
什麼
|
| Yudu
|
子個
|
| Ruijin
|
咩, 唔幾
|
| Shicheng
|
什麼
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
麼個
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
什麼
|
| Dayu
|
什麼
|
| Taoyuan
|
麼個
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
麼個
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
麼個
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
麼個
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
麼個
|
| Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng)
|
麼個
|
| Hong Kong
|
麼個
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
麼個
|
| Luchuan
|
麼個
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
麼個
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
麼個
|
| Singkawang
|
麼個
|
| Pontianak (Meixian)
|
麼個
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
麼個
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
麼個
|
| Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
麼個
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
麼仂
|
| Shexian
|
麼二
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
甚
|
| Yangyuan
|
什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚
|
| Datong
|
啥
|
| Xinzhou
|
甚
|
| Lishi
|
甚
|
| Linfen
|
啥
|
| Changzhi
|
什麼
|
| Linhe
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Jining
|
甚
|
| Hohhot
|
甚
|
| Erenhot
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Pingshan
|
什麼兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
什麼
|
| Handan
|
什麼, 啥
|
| Linzhou
|
啥
|
| Suide
|
什麼, 甚
|
| Jiuxing Yumin
|
Lanxi
|
啥哩
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
橘二, 橘二事
|
| Songxi
|
什麼事
|
| Jianyang
|
孰事
|
| Wuyishan
|
什麼事
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名
|
| Changle
|
什乇
|
| Fuqing
|
什乇, 乜乇
|
| Pingtan
|
什乇
|
| Yongtai
|
哪乇
|
| Gutian
|
乇, 什乇
|
| Fu'an
|
乜乇
|
| Ningde
|
哪乇
|
| Shouning
|
呢乇
|
| Zhouning
|
乜乇
|
| Fuding
|
哪乇
|
| Matsu
|
什乇
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
什乇
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
什物, 啥物, 啥貨
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
什物
|
| Quanzhou
|
啥物, 乜
|
| Jinjiang
|
啥物
|
| Nan'an
|
什物
|
| Shishi
|
啥物
|
| Hui'an
|
什物
|
| Anxi
|
啥物
|
| Yongchun
|
啥物
|
| Dehua
|
啥物
|
| Zhangzhou
|
哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
啥
|
| Hua'an
|
什物
|
| Nanjing
|
哪物
|
| Pinghe
|
啥物
|
| Zhangpu
|
啥貨
|
| Yunxiao
|
什物仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
什物
|
| Dongshan
|
什物
|
| Taipei
|
啥貨, 啥物, 啥
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
啥物
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
啥
|
| Kaohsiung
|
啥, 啥貨, 啥物
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
啥物, 啥
|
| Yilan
|
啥貨, 啥物貨
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
啥物, 啥貨
|
| Taichung
|
啥, 啥貨
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
啥物
|
| Tainan
|
啥物, 啥貨
|
| Taitung
|
啥物
|
| Hsinchu
|
啥, 啥物
|
| Kinmen
|
啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
啥貨, 物代
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
何物
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
什物
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
啥物
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
何物
|
| Longyan
|
什物
|
| Datian
|
啥貨, 什物
|
| Chaozhou
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Shantou
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
乜個
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
乜個
|
| Jieyang
|
乜個, 乜, 是乜
|
| Haifeng
|
乜個, 乜
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Phnom Penh (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
乜個, 什乜, 底個
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
乜個, 什乜, 底個
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
乜個
|
| Leizhou
|
乜
|
| Wenchang
|
乜
|
| Haikou
|
乜, 個乜
|
| Qionghai
|
乜
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
乜
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
啥貨
|
| Sanyuan
|
啥貨
|
| Shaxian
|
啥貨
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Sanxiang
|
乜儗
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
門, 哪門
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
哪門
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
什個
|
| Luxi (Lijiatian)
|
什家
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
何
|
| Suzhou
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事
|
| Wuxi
|
啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物
|
| Danyang
|
點高
|
| Hangzhou
|
啥
|
| Ningbo
|
啥, 啥西
|
| Wenzhou
|
何乜
|
| Jinhua
|
待, 淡
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
麼子
|
| Loudi
|
麼子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
麼子
|
| Quanzhou
|
什麼
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
啥
|
Dialectal synonyms of
為什麼 (“why”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼
|
| Taiwan
|
為什麼
|
| Tianjin
|
為嘛
|
| Harbin
|
為啥
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
為麼, 為麼個
|
| Jinan
|
為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼
|
| Xi'an
|
為啥, 因啥
|
| Yinchuan
|
為啥
|
| Lanzhou
|
為啥
|
| Xining
|
為啥
|
| Ürümqi
|
為啥
|
| Wuhan
|
做麼事, 為麼事
|
| Chengdu
|
為啥子, 做啥子
|
| Guiyang
|
為哪樣, 為些哪樣
|
| Guilin
|
為什麼
|
| Liuzhou
|
為什麼
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
為什麼
|
| Xuzhou
|
為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
|
| Yangzhou
|
甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal
|
| Nanjing
|
為什麼
|
| Hefei
|
怎搞, 怎搞的
|
| Malaysia
|
為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
|
| Singapore
|
為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
|
| Hong Kong
|
點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
做乜嘢
|
| Macau
|
為乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
點解
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
整乜嘢
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
做乜嘢
|
| Foshan
|
點解
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
點解
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
為乜嘢
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
因乜嘢, 點解
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
為乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
為乜嘢
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
點解
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
點解
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
點解
|
| Taishan
|
幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
幾解
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
做乜
|
| Dongguan
|
點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
點解
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
點解
|
| Yangjiang
|
為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
為物底
|
| Qinzhou
|
為乜嘢, 為乜
|
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
為乜底
|
| Beihai
|
為乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
做乜嘢
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
為乜底
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
做乜嘢, 為乜
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
做乜嘢
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
做乜嘢, 為乜
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
點解
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
點解
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
做乜嘢
|
| Móng Cái
|
點解, 為乜
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
幾解
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
為什哩
|
| Pingxiang
|
為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
做麼個
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
做乜嘢, 做嘢
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
做麼個
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
做麼個
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
仰解, 做乜嘢
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
為乜嘢
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
為麼個
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
做麼個
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
做麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
做麼個
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
做麼個
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
做麼個
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
做麼個
|
| Hong Kong
|
做麼個
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
為甚, 因為甚, 幹什
|
| Xinzhou
|
𠰻們
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
為孰事, 做孰事
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢
|
| Changle
|
傒勢
|
| Fuqing
|
介計
|
| Yongtai
|
蔣其
|
| Gutian
|
做什乇
|
| Fu'an
|
做乜乇
|
| Ningde
|
做乇
|
| Shouning
|
做呢乇
|
| Zhouning
|
做乜乇
|
| Fuding
|
做哪乇
|
| Matsu
|
為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物
|
| Quanzhou
|
按怎, 物代
|
| Jinjiang
|
為啥物
|
| Zhangzhou
|
按怎
|
| Zhao'an
|
為甚物
|
| Dongshan
|
為甚物
|
| Taipei
|
為啥物, 是按怎
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
何物事, 做物事, 做物
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
按怎
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
敢哪, 敢哪誌
|
| Chaozhou
|
做呢
|
| Shantou
|
做呢
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
做呢
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
做呢
|
| Leizhou
|
作乜, 因乜
|
| Wenchang
|
作乜, 因乜, 怎作
|
| Haikou
|
作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
作乜
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
為乜嘢
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
做門, 做哪門, 為哪門
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
為什個
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
啥體, 為啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
為何, 做何
|
| Suzhou
|
為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體
|
| Danyang
|
為點高, 做點高
|
| Hangzhou
|
為啥
|
| Wenzhou
|
妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹
|
| Jinhua
|
為淡事幹, 為待西
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
為麼子, 何解
|
| Xiangtan
|
奚解
|
| Loudi
|
嗎介
|
| Shuangfeng
|
為麼子, 做麼子
|
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: me1, me2, me5
- Yale: mē, mé, méh
- Cantonese Pinyin: me1, me2, me5
- Guangdong Romanization: mé1, mé2, mé5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛː⁵⁵/, /mɛː³⁵/, /mɛː¹³/
- Southern Min
Definitions
乜
- to narrow one's eyes and squint
Compounds
Etymology 3
Wikipedia has articles on:
- 乜姓 (Written Standard Chinese?)
- 乜氏 (Cantonese)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
乜
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
9114
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Phonetic
component
|
乜
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
乜
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mjaːʔ/
|
Definitions
乜
- a surname, listed 388th in the Baijiaxing
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
|
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|
Definitions
乜
- (dialectal Mandarin) that
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
那 (“that”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
彼, 其, 夫, 爾
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
那, 該
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
那
|
| Taiwan
|
那
|
| Tianjin
|
那
|
| Chengde
|
那
|
| Tangshan
|
那
|
| Cangzhou
|
那
|
| Baoding
|
那
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
那
|
| Chifeng
|
那
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
那
|
| Heihe
|
那
|
| Qiqihar
|
那
|
| Harbin
|
那
|
| Jiamusi
|
那
|
| Baicheng
|
那
|
| Changchun
|
那
|
| Tonghua
|
那
|
| Shenyang
|
那
|
| Dandong
|
那
|
| Jinzhou
|
那
|
| Dalian
|
那
|
| Yantai
|
那, 乜
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
那
|
| Lijin
|
那, 乜
|
| Zhucheng
|
那, 乜
|
| Jinan
|
那
|
| Wanrong
|
𠰻, 兀3, 奈
|
| Shangqiu
|
那
|
| Yuanyang
|
那
|
| Zhengzhou
|
那
|
| Lingbao
|
那
|
| Xinyang
|
那
|
| Baihe
|
那
|
| Hanzhong
|
那
|
| Xi'an
|
兀3, 那
|
| Baoji
|
那
|
| Yinchuan
|
那, 呶
|
| Tianshui
|
那
|
| Lanzhou
|
那
|
| Dunhuang
|
那
|
| Xining
|
那
|
| Hami
|
那
|
| Ürümqi
|
那
|
| Wuhan
|
那
|
| Yichang
|
那
|
| Xiangyang
|
那
|
| Tianmen
|
那
|
| Hong'an
|
那
|
| Chengdu
|
那
|
| Nanchong
|
那
|
| Dazhou
|
那
|
| Hanyuan
|
那
|
| Xichang
|
那
|
| Zigong
|
那
|
| Chongqing
|
那
|
| Guiyang
|
那
|
| Zunyi
|
那
|
| Bijie
|
那
|
| Liping
|
那
|
| Zhaotong
|
那
|
| Dali
|
那
|
| Kunming
|
那
|
| Mengzi
|
那
|
| Guilin
|
那
|
| Liuzhou
|
那
|
| Jishou
|
那
|
| Changde
|
那
|
| Xuzhou
|
那
|
| Pizhou
|
那
|
| Ganyu
|
那
|
| Fuyang
|
那
|
| Wuhu
|
那, 顧
|
| Yangzhou
|
那
|
| Baoying
|
那
|
| Lianyungang
|
那
|
| Donghai
|
那
|
| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
那
|
| Lianshui
|
那
|
| Nanjing
|
那
|
| Hefei
|
那
|
| Nantong
|
葛
|
| Rugao
|
那
|
| Yancheng
|
那
|
| Funing
|
那
|
| Sihong
|
那
|
| Taizhou
|
那
|
| Zhenjiang
|
那
|
| Malaysia
|
那
|
| Singapore
|
那
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
嗰
|
| Hong Kong
|
嗰
|
| Macau
|
嗰
|
| Taishan
|
嚀, 𡃕
|
| Dongguan
|
嗰
|
| Yangjiang
|
那
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
嗰
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
嗰
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
許
|
| Nanchang (Wangcheng)
|
許
|
| Anyi
|
爾
|
| Lushan
|
爾
|
| Pengze
|
爾
|
| Duchang
|
爾
|
| Wuning (Quankou)
|
爾
|
| Poyang
|
爾
|
| Yugan
|
爾
|
| Wannian
|
那
|
| Hengfeng
|
爾
|
| Yanshan
|
爾
|
| Yanshan
|
爾
|
| Leping
|
恁
|
| Fengxin
|
許
|
| Wanzai
|
許
|
| Fengcheng
|
許
|
| Xinyu
|
許
|
| Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
|
恁
|
| Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
|
恁
|
| Nancheng
|
階
|
| Nanfeng
|
許
|
| Yihuang
|
里
|
| Lichuan
|
許
|
| Chongren
|
許
|
| Pingxiang
|
恁
|
| Ji'an
|
改
|
| Yongfeng
|
蓋
|
| Xiajiang
|
許
|
| Yingtan (Yujiang)
|
里
|
| Guixi
|
許
|
| Jinxian
|
恁
|
| Jinxi
|
恁
|
| Le'an
|
許
|
| Guangchang
|
該
|
| Anfu
|
改
|
| Wan'an
|
介
|
| Jing'an
|
許
|
| Hakka
|
Changting
|
解
|
| Shanghang
|
介
|
| Wuping
|
解
|
| Liancheng
|
解
|
| Qingliu
|
介
|
| Yudu
|
界
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
界
|
| Dayu
|
密
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
該
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
該
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
該
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
該
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
該
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
遐
|
| Hong Kong
|
哎
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
嗰
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
那
|
| Shexian
|
那
|
| Wuyuan
|
箇
|
| Fuliang
|
爾
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
兀3, 那
|
| Yangyuan
|
那
|
| Datong
|
那
|
| Xinzhou
|
𠰻
|
| Lishi
|
那, 𠰻
|
| Linfen
|
兀
|
| Changzhi
|
那
|
| Linhe
|
那
|
| Jining
|
那
|
| Hohhot
|
那
|
| Erenhot
|
那
|
| Pingshan
|
那
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
那
|
| Handan
|
那
|
| Suide
|
那
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
兀4
|
| Songxi
|
兀4
|
| Zhenghe
|
兀4
|
| Jianyang
|
兀4
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
許
|
| Changle
|
許
|
| Lianjiang
|
許
|
| Fuqing
|
許
|
| Pingtan
|
許
|
| Yongtai
|
許
|
| Minqing
|
許
|
| Gutian
|
許
|
| Pingnan
|
許
|
| Luoyuan
|
許
|
| Fu'an
|
許
|
| Xiapu
|
許
|
| Zherong
|
那
|
| Shouning
|
許
|
| Zhouning
|
許
|
| Fuding
|
許
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
許
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
彼, 許
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
彼
|
| Quanzhou
|
彼, 許
|
| Jinjiang
|
彼
|
| Nan'an
|
彼
|
| Shishi
|
彼
|
| Hui'an
|
彼
|
| Anxi
|
彼
|
| Yongchun
|
彼
|
| Dehua
|
彼
|
| Zhangzhou
|
彼, 許
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
彼
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
彼
|
| Hua'an
|
彼
|
| Nanjing
|
彼
|
| Pinghe
|
彼
|
| Zhangpu
|
彼
|
| Yunxiao
|
彼
|
| Zhao'an
|
彼
|
| Dongshan
|
彼
|
| Taipei
|
彼
|
| Kaohsiung
|
彼
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
那
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
彼
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
彼, 許
|
| Datian
|
彼
|
| Chaozhou
|
許
|
| Shantou
|
許
|
| Haifeng
|
許
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
許
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
許
|
| Wenchang
|
許
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
許
|
| Shaojiang Min
|
Guangze
|
兀4
|
| Mingxi
|
兀4
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
埃, 伊
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
艾, 港, 葛 also this
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
威
|
| Suzhou
|
歸
|
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
介面
|
| Wuxi
|
過
|
| Changshu
|
過
|
| Changzhou
|
過
|
| Danyang
|
過
|
| Gaochun (Zhongbao)
|
古
|
| Wenzhou
|
許
|
| Shangrao
|
麼
|
| Yushan
|
忽
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
那
|
| Shuangfeng
|
喏
|
Etymology 5
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Pronunciation
Definitions
乜
- (Hakka) also
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
也 (“also, too”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
亦
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
也
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
也
|
| Taiwan
|
也
|
| Jinan
|
也
|
| Xi'an
|
也
|
| Wuhan
|
也
|
| Chengdu
|
也
|
| Guilin
|
也
|
| Yangzhou
|
也
|
| Hefei
|
也
|
| Malaysia
|
也
|
| Singapore
|
也
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
都, 亦
|
| Hong Kong
|
都, 亦, 亦都
|
| Macau
|
都, 亦 formal
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
都, 也
|
| Taishan
|
亦
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
亦, 都, 亦都
|
| Yangjiang
|
也
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
都
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
都, 亦都
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
也
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
也
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
也
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
乜
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
乜, 也
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
乜
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
乜
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
乜
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
嘛
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
呠
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
也
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
也
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
也
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
也
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
也, 嘛
|
| Quanzhou
|
也, 嘛
|
| Zhangzhou
|
也, 嘛
|
| Taipei
|
也, 嘛
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
呠
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
也, 呠, 嘛
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
也, 嘛
|
| Chaozhou
|
也
|
| Shantou
|
也
|
| Jieyang
|
也
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
呠, 也, 嘛
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
也
|
| Wenchang
|
也
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
都
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
也
|
| Suzhou
|
亦
|
| Wenzhou
|
也
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
也
|
| Shuangfeng
|
也
|
Japanese
Kanji
乜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- to squint
Readings
Korean
Hanja
乜 (eumhun 사팔뜨기 먀 (sapaltteugi mya))
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Vietnamese
Han character
乜: Hán Việt readings: khiết
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