咩話

See also: 咩话

Chinese

		what	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (咩話)		咩	話
simp. (咩话)		咩	话

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): me¹ waa^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: me¹ waa^6-2
    • Yale: mē wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: me¹ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mé¹ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛː⁵⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Phrase

咩話

1. (Cantonese) pardon; sorry (used to ask someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly)

   你講咩話？／你讲咩话？ [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ gong² me¹ waa^6-2? [Jyutping]  ―  What did you say?

Interjection

咩話

1. (Cantonese) What? (expression of surprise or disbelief)

   • 咩話？四十比零？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     咩话？四十比零？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2001, Stephen Chow, Shaolin Soccer

     me¹ waa^6-2? sei³ sap⁶ bei² ling⁴? [Jyutping]

     What? 40 [goals] vs 0 [goals]?