乜誰
See also: 乜谁
Chinese
[edit]| squint; (dial.) what | who | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (乜誰) | 乜 | 誰 | |
| simp. (乜谁) | 乜 | 谁 | |
| alternative forms | 乜水 (mat1 seoi2) | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mat1 seoi4-2 / mat1 seoi4
- Yale: māt séui / māt sèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat7 soey4-2 / mat7 soey4
- Guangdong Romanization: med1 sêu4-2 / med1 sêu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐt̚⁵ sɵy̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /mɐt̚⁵ sɵy̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Pronoun
[edit]乜誰
- (Cantonese) who
- 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.]
- 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 seoi4-2 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?
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.]
- (Cantonese) so-and-so
Usage notes
[edit]- In Standard Cantonese, this has become a less polite way of asking who than 邊個／边个, sometimes even offensive.