干吗 (幹嗎)
gàn má
Pinyin

Definition

干吗 (幹嗎)
 - 
gàn má
  1. see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吗
mǎ
  1. 1 see also: 吗啡
  2. 2 morphine
干
gàn
  1. 1 tree trunk
  2. 2 main part of sth
  3. 3 to manage
  4. 4 to work
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 capable
  7. 7 cadre
  8. 8 to kill (slang)
  9. 9 to fuck (vulgar)
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
干嘛
gàn má
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 whatever for?
  3. 3 why on earth?
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed

Idioms (2)

埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
精明强干
jīng míng qiáng gàn
  1. 1 intelligent and capable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你干吗？别过去，它会咬人！
nǐ gànmá ？bié guòqù ，tā huì yǎo rén ！
What are you doing? Don't go over there! It'll bite.
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你干吗火气那么大，那个来了？
nǐ gànmá huǒqì nàme dà ，nàge lái le ？
Why are you so angry? Is it that time of the month?
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那厨房用纸是干吗用的，我好像从来没用过。
nà chúfángyòngzhǐ shì gànmá yòngde ，wǒ hǎoxiàng cónglái méi yòng guo 。
Then what are the paper towels used for? I don't think I've ever used them.
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你在看什么网页啊？上海国际学校？你又没孩子，看这个干吗？
nǐ zài kàn shénme wǎngyè a ？Shànghǎi guójì xuéxiào ？nǐ yòu méi háizi ，kàn zhè gè gànmá ？
What website are you looking at? Shanghai International School? You don't even have kids. What are you doing looking at that?
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哎哟，你也太好骗了。你以为叫“百叶”就是“百叶”啊？那是牛肚！就是牛的胃。哎，哎，你去干吗？
āiyōu ，nǐ yě tài hǎopian le 。nǐ yǐwéi jiào “bǎiyè ”jiùshì “bǎiyè ”a ？nà shì niúdǔ ！jiùshì niú de wèi 。āi ，āi ，nǐ qù gànmá ？
Man, you're so easily fooled. You thought that “baiye” was made of a hundred leaves? It's cow belly! It's a cow's stomach. Hey, hey, where you going?
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哎，你干吗骂人啊？你是不是有病啊？
āi ，nǐ gànmá màrén a ？nǐ shì bu shì yǒubìng a ？
Hey, what are you doing cursing at someone? Are you insane?
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妈，你在干吗啊？又在看柏阿姨。
mā ，nǐ zài gànmá a ？yòu zài kàn Bǎi āyí 。
Mom, what are you doing? You're watching Auntie Bai again.
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要我说，都是上了年纪的人了，在家享享清福多好啊，干吗还出来东家长西家短的？
yào wǒ shuō ，dōu shì shàng le niánjì de rén le ，zài jiā xiǎng xiang qīngfú duō hǎo a ，gànmá hái chūlái dōngjiā cháng xījiā duǎn de ？
I just want to say that she's already pretty old. She should stay at home and relax. What is she doing coming out and dealing with other people's family problems?
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他用力地拍了一下那个巨人的头，说：“你干吗打我？”
tā yònglì de pāi le yīxià nàge jùrén de tóu ，shuō ：“nǐ gànmá dǎ wǒ ？”
He smacked the other giant on the head hard and said: “Why did you hit me?”
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老爸，你去干吗了，出去这么久？
lǎobà ，nǐ qù gànmá le ，chūqù zhème jiǔ ？
Dad, where were you? You were gone for a while.
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