乜使
Chinese
[edit]| squint; (dial.) what | to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (乜使) | 乜 | 使 | |
| simp. #(乜使) | 乜 | 使 | |
| alternative forms | 麼使／么使 物使 | ||
| anagram | 使乜 | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]乜使
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, rhetorical) why; why on earth (i.e. there is no need); why bother
- 奸惡隨我的腳後㬹，四面圍我佇此號患難的日，我乜使驚？ [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 1933, 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 詩篇 (Psalm) 49:5; Chinese characters from 1996, 台語漢字本聖經
- Kan-ok tè góa ê kha-āu-tiⁿ sì-bīn ûi góa, Tī chit-hō hōan-lān ê jı̍t góa mih-sái kiaⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
奸恶随我的脚后㬹，四面围我伫此号患难的日，我乜使惊？ [Hokkien, simp.]