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幹嘛

gon3 maa3

gan4 ma2

[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 '幹嗎' but read this essay on the difference betw. '幹嗎' and '幹嘛': [resources.emb.gov.hk]

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This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

幹嘛

This word was added by tym on 31st Aug 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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幹 gon3 {hon4} gan4 {han2} - trunk (of a tree or of a human body)
嘛 maa4 maa3 ma5 {ma2} | ma2 {ma5} - final exclamatory particle

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