干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
干什么
gàn shénme
what for? what are you doing?
Characters in this word
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
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?
- 买这个干什么？ Mǎi zhège gàn shénme? What are you buying this for?
- 叫我干什么？ Jiào wǒ gàn shénme? Why are you calling me?
- 李月要去干什么？ Lǐ Yuè yào qù gàn shénme? What is Li Yue going to do?
- 你找他干什么？ Nǐ zhǎo tā gàn shénme? What are you looking for him for?
- 去学校干什么？ Qù xuéxiào gàn shénme? What are you going to school for?
- 小王干什么去了？ Xiǎo Wáng gàn shénme qù le? What did Xiao Wang go to do?
- 我不知道干什么。 Wǒ bù zhīdào gàn shénme. I don't know what to do.