贵干

貴幹
guìgàn
phrase #9,988

Meanings

  1. 1 may I ask what your business is?
  2. 2 what brings you here? (polite)

Examples

Qǐngwèn yǒu hé guìgàn?
May I ask what brings you here?
Bùzhī nín zhǎo wǒ yǒu shénme guìgàn?
I wonder what business you have with me?

Tips

register
Very formal and polite. Used in period dramas, classical fiction, and sometimes sarcastically in modern speech to mean 「what do you want?」
memory
(honorable, your esteemed) + (business/matter) = your esteemed business. Same as in 贵姓 (your honorable surname).

Stroke Order

guì
gàn