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干什么

幹什麼
gànshénme
phrase HSK 1 #892

Meanings

  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 why?

Characters

干
gàn
to do
什么
shénme
what

Examples

你干什么呢?
Nǐ gàn shénme ne?
What are you doing?
你干什么去?
Nǐ gàn shénme qù?
What are you going to do?

Tips

usage
干什么 is informal and colloquial. In more formal contexts, use 做什么 instead.

Stroke Order

干 gàn
什 shén
么 me

Related Words

什么 shénme HSK 1 #17
what / something / anything
没什么 méishénme HSK 1 #371
it's nothing; no big deal
什么样 shénmeyàng HSK 2 #1,015
what kind / what sort
为什么 wèishénme HSK 2 #86
why
干吗 gànma HSK 3 #794
what are you doing? / what for?; why?
怎么 zěnme HSK 1 #55
how / what / why
什么的 shénmede #2,828
and so on / and what not / etc.
干净 gānjìng HSK 1 #1,309
clean / neat / tidy
干 gàn HSK 1 #107
to do / to work
怎么着 zěnmezhe #4,674
what's up? / so what? / what do you want to do?
干什么 gànshénme
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