搞咩

gǎomiē
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

Nǐ gǎomiē a?
What are you doing?! (Cantonese: nei5 gaau2 me1 aa3)
搞咩
Qú dèi gǎomiē?
What are they up to? (Cantonese)
Gǎomiē guǐ a!
What the heck is going on?! (Cantonese)

Tips

register
(me1) is the Cantonese question word 'what' — a contraction of (mat1 je5). 搞咩 literally 'do what' is sharp and often accusatory, the Cantonese twin of Mandarin 什么 / 闹哪样.
culture
The character 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

gǎo
miē