乜鬼

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mat¹ gwai²

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

(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)