贵干

貴幹

guìgàn

phrase #9,988

Meanings

HSK 3

不知您找我有什么贵干？

Bùzhī nín zhǎo wǒ yǒu shénme guìgàn?

I wonder what business you have with me?

HSK 7-9

请问有何贵干？

Qǐngwèn yǒu hé guìgàn?

May I ask what brings you here?

Very formal and polite. Used in period dramas, classical fiction, and sometimes sarcastically in modern speech to mean 'what do you want?'

memory

贵 (honorable, your esteemed) + 干 (business/matter) = your esteemed business. Same 贵 as in 贵姓 (your honorable surname).

贵 guì

干 gān