干什么
gàn​shén​me HSK1

to do what

干什么 幹什麼 gàn​shén​me frequency
variant 幹甚麼
to do what verb
To do what or do something; used to ask about an action or purpose.

这个按钮是干什么用的？

zhè​ge àn​niǔ shì gàn​shén​me yòng de?

What's this button for?

why verb
Colloquial way to ask "why" or "for what reason", often expressing surprise or impatience.

你追我干什么？

nǐ zhuī wǒ gàn​shén​me?

Why are you chasing me?

干什么 幹什麼 gàn​shén​me
no matter what adverbpronoun
Used in constructions with 都 dōu or 也 yě to mean "no matter what one does" or "whatever one does"

干什么都比回家好。

gàn​shén​me dōu bǐ huí jiā hǎo.

Anything's better than going home.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
104.1 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
25.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)