搞咩

gǎomiē
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's going on? (Cantonese)

Examples

HSK 2
Nǐ gǎomiē a?
What are you doing?! (Cantonese: nei5 gaau2 me1 aa3)
HSK 7-9
Qú dī gǎomiē?
What are they up to? (Cantonese)
HSK 7-9
Gǎomiē guǐ a!
What the heck is going on?! (Cantonese)

Tips

register
咩 (me1) is the Cantonese question word 'what' - a contraction of 乜嘢 (mat1 je5). 搞咩 literally 'do what' is sharp and often accusatory, the Cantonese twin of Mandarin 搞什么 / 闹哪样.
culture
The character 咩 borrowed sheep-bleating onomatopoeia (baa) for the question word because the sounds happen to match in Cantonese. You'll see 搞咩 in HK internet comments the way English has 'wtf'.

Stroke Order

搞 gǎo
咩 miē