乜鬼

Chinese

		squint; (dial.) what	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (乜鬼)		乜	鬼
simp. #(乜鬼)		乜	鬼

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat¹ gwai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat¹ gwai²
    • Yale: māt gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁷ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: med¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

乜鬼

1. (Cantonese, emphatic) what; what the hell
   • 1975, “天才與白痴”, in 許冠傑, 薛志雄 (lyrics), 天才與白痴, performed by 許冠傑:

     乜鬼係天才？乜鬼係白痴？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     乜鬼系天才？乜鬼系白痴？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     mat¹ gwai² hai⁶ tin¹ coi⁴? mat¹ gwai² hai⁶ baak⁶ ci¹? [Jyutping]

     What the hell is a genius? What the hell is an idiot?

Synonyms

• 什麼鬼／什么鬼 (shénmeguǐ)

See also

• 乜嘢 (mat1 je5)
• 乜春 (mat1 ceon1)
• 乜撚 (mat1 lan2)
• 乜撚嘢 / 乜撚野 (mat1 lan2 je5)