干
什
么

What are you doing? in Chinese: 干什么 (gàn shén me)

gàn shén me

what are you doing?

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 幹什麼1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1what are you doing?
  2. 2what's he up to?

Stroke order

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干
什
么

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ㄍㄢˋ

gàn

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄣˊ

shén

ㄕ/ shㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

˙ㄇㄜ

me

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄜ/ e

Simplified & traditional

干什么

Simplified

幹什麼

Traditional

Example sentences

See 干什么 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你在房间里干什么？

    nǐ zài fáng jiān lǐ gàn shén me？

    What are you doing in the room?

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Related words

干

gān

dry

什么

shén me

what?

怎么

zěn me

how?

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

干净

gān jìng

clean

饼干

bǐng gān

biscuit

干杯

gān bēi

to drink a toast

干燥

gān zào

to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

干脆

gān cuì

candid

能干

néng gàn

capable

那么

nà me

like that

这么

zhè me

so much

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