做咩 (zou6 me1 | ) : doing what? why?

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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 19:21 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

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

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你做咩呀? 粵
What are you doing?

做咩你咁慢咖? 粵
Why are you so slow?

我有壓力，你有壓力，你做咩要挑釁我？粵
"You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?"
[This infamous quote from 巴士阿叔 ("Bus Uncle") was a cultural phenomenon in 2006. See the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle.]

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
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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