jm9

Chinese

Alternative forms

• jmg

Etymology

Initialism of the irregular romanisation of 做乜 (zou⁶ mat¹) + 9 (gau¹).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ mat¹ gau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ mat¹ gau¹
    • Yale: jouh māt gāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ mat⁷ gau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ med¹ geo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² mɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵/

Phrase

jm9

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of 做乜鳩 / 做乜鸠 (zou⁶ mat¹ gau¹, “what the fuck is [one] doing”)