是乜

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Chinese

be; yes; this squint; (dial.) what
trad. (是乜)
simp. #(是乜)

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是乜

  1. (Teochew, interrogative) what
    1877, Herbert Allen Giles, Handbook of the Swatow Dialect, Shanghai:
    Tjee-gi se simmy?
    只個是乜只个是乜 [Teochew]  ―  zi2 gai5 si6 si6 mih4? [Peng'im]  ―  What is this?