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幹嗎
gon3 maa3 |
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[1] why on earth?; whatever for? | Cant: 做乜嘢; 做乜嘢鬼 [2] (Mand. coll.) what's up? wassup? how's it going? [3] totally; completely; all | Also written as '幹嘛' but read this essay on the difference betw. '幹嗎' and '幹嘛': [resources.emb.gov.hk] Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,500,000 This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國 |
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Characters in this word:幹 gon3 - work as; capability; trunk嗎 maa1 - interrogative particle | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:幹嘛 gon3 maa3 = why on earth; whatever for 國 Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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