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做咩

zou6 me1

1. what (are you / is he / are they) doing?
2. why?

contraction of "做乜嘢"

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

做咩

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

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

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你做咩呀? 粵 edit
What are you doing?

做咩你咁慢咖? 粵 edit
Why are you so slow?

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵 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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