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干什么

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *干* | 干* | *干
3画
oppose, offend; invade; dried
1040.0
MJ
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *什* | 什* | *什
4画
file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
2420.0
OJ
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *么* | 么* | *么
3画
interrogative particle; small
2073.2
HI

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
old variant of 乾|干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
variant of 乾|干
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
surname Gan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *什* | 什* | *什
what
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *什* | 什* | *什
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
 
what? / something; anything
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
exclamatory final particle
  
  ma
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
interrogative final particle
  
  me
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc
  
  me
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
variant of 麼|么


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