干吗 gànmá HSK3 why Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 干吗 幹嗎 gànmá why adverb Used to ask for a reason, often with a tone of surprise or annoyance; why on earth; whatever for 你干吗不结婚？ nǐ gànmá bù jiéhūn? Why don't you get married? 跑那么快干吗？ pǎo nàme kuài gànmá? Why are you running so fast? what are you doing verb Used to ask what someone is doing or what is happening 我不知道他在干吗。 wǒ bùzhīdào tā zài gànmá. I don't know what he's doing. 你在街上干吗？ nǐ zài jiēshang gànmá? What are you doing on the street? completely (Colloquial) totally; completely; all Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 117.0 per million appears in 26% of films Written text 6.99 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Same as 做什么 zuòshénmeVariant of 干嘛 gànmá干么 gànmá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
干吗 幹嗎 gànmá why adverb Used to ask for a reason, often with a tone of surprise or annoyance; why on earth; whatever for 你干吗不结婚？ nǐ gànmá bù jiéhūn? Why don't you get married? 跑那么快干吗？ pǎo nàme kuài gànmá? Why are you running so fast? what are you doing verb Used to ask what someone is doing or what is happening 我不知道他在干吗。 wǒ bùzhīdào tā zài gànmá. I don't know what he's doing. 你在街上干吗？ nǐ zài jiēshang gànmá? What are you doing on the street? completely (Colloquial) totally; completely; all Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 117.0 per million appears in 26% of films Written text 6.99 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Same as 做什么 zuòshénmeVariant of 干嘛 gànmá干么 gànmá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
