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做咩
  zou6 me1   jyutping
1. what (are you / is he / are they) doing?
2. why?

contraction of "做乜"

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
做咩

This word was added by SophusNg on 1st Sep 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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 zou6  zuo4  -  do, make
 me1  mie1  -  Cantonese question particle


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detail 做咩? edit
What are you doing?
detail 做咩? edit
Why are you so slow?
detail 識做? edit
Can he really do this piece of job?
[In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]
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