做乜 (zou6 mat1 | ) : why; doing what

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做乜

zou6 mat1

[1] why; how come | synonyms: [粵] 點解; [國] 為什麼, 怎麼, 幹嗎
[2] doing what; what are you doing; what's your occupation | [國] 幹甚麼

做乜 is the shortened form of 做乜嘢.

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

做乜

This word has been viewed 5120 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by changeup on 15th Feb 2006 01:48 and last edited on 10th Apr 2010 10:30

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做 zou6 - do, make
乜 mat1 me1 - [粵] what

1 compounds containing this word:

做乜嘢 - why

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你做乜嘢呀? 粵
Why are you sad/angry?

做乜嚇成噉樣啊？粵
Why are you so frightened?
[Lit. do what scare completely this-way [particle]?]

做乜搞成噉呀粵
What were you thinking?
[Lit. do what make complete thus [particle]? This is an idiomatic expression that does not take well to direct translation.]

做乜咁鬼鼠呀? 粵
Why are you being so sneaky?

唯你又稟神噉做乜啫？粵
Why are you muttering to yourself?

𥊙下佢做乜嘢! 粵
Take a peep to see what he's been doing!

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