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干什么

gàn shén me · gan shen me

Traditional 幹什麼

Meaning

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你(nǐ)是(shì)干(gàn)什(shén)么(me)工(gōng)作(zuò)的(de)？

What do you do for work?

Tatoeba: Chinese by User5120 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

你(nǐ)到(dào)底(dǐ)在(zài)我(wǒ)房(fáng)间(jiān)里(lǐ)干(gàn)什(shén)么(me)？

What on earth are you doing in my room?

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gān]

what

exclamatory final particle

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