gàn má

Traditional: 幹嘛

干嘛 (gàn má) is a Chinese word meaning “what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 干嘛

干gān · dry嘛má · used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]

Related words

干dry干(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with干tree trunk干surname Gan干surname Gan干old variant of 乾|干[gan1]干variant of 乾|干[gan1]嘛used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]嘛modal particle indicating that sth is obvious干吗variant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]干什么what are you doing?干净clean

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