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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] This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國 Level: 3
Google Frequency: 3,500,000
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gon3 {hon4} - trunk (of a tree or of a human body) 嗎 maa1 maa5 maa3 - particle used in questions |
| This word was added by tym on 31st Aug 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006 |
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