干嘛 in English gan4 ma2 Meaning

Meanings

  • what are you doing?
  • whatever for?
  • why on earth?

Simplified Characters

干 嘛

Traditional Characters

幹 嘛

Pinyin

gan4 ma2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

干gan4old variant of 乾|干[gan1] 嘛ma5modal particle indicating that sth is obvious