乜誰

乜誰

1. (Cantonese) who

   吓？佢乜誰嚟㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   吓？佢乜谁嚟㗎？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   haa²? keoi⁵ mat¹ seoi^4-2 lai⁴ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   What? Who is he?

   • 耶穌到該撒利亞腓立比嘅境界、問門生話、人哋話我人子係乜誰呢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣到该撒利亚腓立比嘅境界、问门生话、人哋话我人子系乜谁呢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1882, 《馬太福音傳》（羊城土話）, chapter 16, verse 13

     je⁴ sou¹ dou³ goi¹ saat³ lei⁶ aa³ fei⁴ lap⁶ bei² ge³ ging² gaai³, man⁶ mun⁴ saang¹ waa⁶, jan⁴ dei⁶ waa⁶ ngo⁵ jan⁴ zi² hai⁶ mat¹ seoi^4-2 ne¹. [Jyutping]

     When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

2. (Cantonese) so-and-so

• In Standard Cantonese, this has become a less polite way of asking who than 邊個／边个, sometimes even offensive.