干什么

Pronunciation
:
gàn shénme
Meaning
:
(phrase) what are you doing, what to do
HSK
:
1
Pronunciation
:
gàn
Meaning
:

(verb) to work; to do
(noun) tree trunk

Radical
:
Strokes
:
3
Traditional
:
乾; 干 ( Stroke Order)
Notes
:
also as gān
Pronunciation
:
shén
Meaning
:

(pron) what
(pron) something
(pron) anything
(pron) whatever (used correlatively with another 什么)

Radical
:
Strokes
:
4
Traditional
:
Pronunciation
:
me
Meaning
:

(pron) 怎么 – how; what; why
(pron) 这么 – so; such; like this, in this way
(pron) 那么 – so, then, like that; in that way
(pron) 什么 – what

Radical
:
丿
Strokes
:
3
Traditional
:
Sentences:
你在干什么?
What are you doing?

nǐ zài gàn shén me ?

:
you
:
(indicating ongoing action)
干什么
:
what are you doing
他们在那里干什么?
What are they doing there?

tā men zài nà lǐ gàn shén me ?

他们
:
they
:
at
那里
:
there
干什么
:
what are they doing
你想干什么就干什么。
Do whatever you want to do.

nǐ xiǎng gàn shén me jiù gàn shén me 。

:
you
:
want
干什么
:
do whatever
:
then
干什么
:
do whatever
别问我干什么,我很忙。
Don’t ask me what I’m doing, I’m busy.

bié wèn wǒ gàn shén me , wǒ hěn máng 。

:
don’t
:
ask
:
me
干什么
:
what I’m doing
:
I
:
very
:
busy

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