干什么 - Mandarin word #283

干什么

gànshénme

Traditional: 幹什麼

HSK 3

#283 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

what are (you/they) doing, why do that

Stroke order

干

什

么

？

What are you doing?

？

What are they doing?

？

What are you up to?

？

What were you up to last night?

。

Whatever he does, he takes it seriously.

干什么 (gàn shén me) means what are (you/they) doing, why do that. It is used as a other in everyday Mandarin speech.

那么

so, then, in that case

什么

what

什么

what (colloquial variant)

喂

for, because of, on behalf of

怎么样

how, what do you think, how about

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 6.