まてまて

• 读法: まてまて
• 罗马字: mate mate
• 发音: /ma.te ma.te/

含义

等等等等——紧急叫停的感叹词，因为对方刚说的话或做的事太让人震惊、太离谱或太重要，不能就这么放过。

まてまて是待つ（等待）命令形的重复，加倍以示强调。它就像一个口头刹车——当某人若无其事地抛出爆炸性信息、说了离谱的话、或者太快跳过了值得深究的内容时使用。重复传达了紧迫感和难以置信的双重含义。在文字中，它常出现在追问或吐槽之前，充当吐槽角色的开场白。

例句

1. まてまて、今さらっとすごいこと言わなかった？ 等等等等，你刚才是不是很随意地说了一件大事？
2. まてまて、それ本気で言ってるの？冗談だよね？ 等等等等，你是认真的吗？开玩笑的吧？
3. えっ、まてまて、来月結婚するってどういうこと！？ 诶，等等等等，下个月结婚是什么意思！？

用法指南

语境: friends, social media, group conversation, reactions

语气: urgent, surprised, demanding attention

正确说法

• 等等等等，你刚说交男朋友了？给我详细说说！（Wait wait, did you just say you got a boyfriend? Tell me everything!）
• 等等等等，那个计划是不是有点不对劲？（Hold on hold on, isn't that plan a bit off?）

错误说法

• 对长辈应该用'请稍等'（'まてまて'太失礼了）

常见错误

• Using まてまて with strangers or in formal settings — it is a casual imperative and can sound aggressive to those not close to you
• Confusing it with a literal request to physically wait — it is almost always a conversational interjection meaning 'hold that thought'

起源与历史

Repeated imperative form of 待つ (matsu, to wait). A natural Japanese expression that has been used conversationally for generations, but its use as a dramatic interjection intensified through variety TV shows and internet culture where reactions are performatively exaggerated.

文化背景

时代: Traditional expression, amplified by TV and internet culture

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal casual

地区说明: Used across all of Japan. Commonly heard on variety shows when a panellist says something shocking. Written as まてまて or 待て待て.