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gàn shén me
adv. (spoken) do what, for what
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
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nǐ zhèng zài gàn shén me ?
phr. What are you doing now?
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zuó tiān méi jiàn nǐ shàng kè, nǐ gàn shén me qù la ?
phr. Yesterday I didn't see you go to class. What did you do?
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nǐ hái lèng zhe gàn shén me ? zǒu ma !
phr. What are you doing there staring blankly? Go!
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nǐ men lèng zhe gàn shén me ya ?
phr. What are you doing there looking so dumbfounded?!