干嘛

gàn má

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Definitions

1. what are you doing?
2. whatever for?
3. why on earth?

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Example Sentences

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你在 干嘛 ？

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5581099)

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Child Words of 干嘛

• 干 干 gān: dry
• 嘛 嘛 ma: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious
• 干 干 gàn: tree trunk