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干什么

gànshénme

what for? what are you doing?

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what for? what are you doing?
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Characters in this word

干 gān

Strokes
3
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
一 one 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

什 shén

Strokes
4
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 什

Example phrases

  • 你在干什么? Nǐ zài gàn shénme? What are you doing?
  • 你昨天干什么了? Nǐ zuótiān gàn shénme le? What did you do yesterday?
  • 他想干什么? Tā xiǎng gàn shénme? What does he want to do?

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