幹嗎
See also: 干吗
Chinese
editEtymology 1
editmain part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang) |
(question tag); morphine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幹嗎) | 幹 | 嗎 | |
| simp. (干吗) | 干 | 吗 | |
| alternative forms | 幹嘛／干嘛 幹麼／干么 | ||
幹 (“to do”) + 嗎 (“(dialectal Mandarin, e.g. Tianjin) what”). Colloquial; the formal equivalent in Standard Mandarin is 做什麼 or 幹什麼.
The second element is cognate with 麼 (me) in Standard Mandarin 什麼／什么 (shénme, “what”), and is usually written as 嘛 when writing Tianjin dialect. Dictionaries only consider toneless ma (declarative particle) as the only proper use of 嘛. All other senses, including the dialectally influenced pronunciation of má ("what") and the interrogative particle of ma, are considered incorrect. However, there is much confusion in actual writing, possibly with 幹嘛 being used more commonly for this sense.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄇㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gànmá
- Wade–Giles: kan4-ma2
- Yale: gàn-má
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannma
- Palladius: ганьма (ganʹma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵¹ mä³⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 幹嗎／干吗
幹嘛／干嘛
- (Beijing dialect)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˋ ㄇㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gàmá
- Wade–Giles: ka4-ma2
- Yale: gà-má
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gahma
- Palladius: гама (gama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kä⁵¹ mä³⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 幹嗎／干吗
幹嘛／干嘛
- (Beijing dialect)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gàimá
- Wade–Giles: kai4-ma2
- Yale: gài-má
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gayma
- Palladius: гайма (gajma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹ mä³⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 幹嗎／干吗
幹嘛／干嘛
- (Standard Chinese)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn-ma
- Tâi-lô: kàn-ma
- Phofsit Daibuun: karnmaf
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan²¹⁻⁵³ mã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Verb
edit幹嗎
- (colloquial) what is (someone) doing; what is going on
- (colloquial) what is wrong; what is up
Adverb
edit幹嗎
Synonyms
editEtymology 2
editmain part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang) |
(question tag); morphine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幹嗎) | 幹 | 嗎 | |
| simp. (干吗) | 干 | 吗 | |
| alternative forms | 幹麼／干么 | ||
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ˙ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gàn må
- Wade–Giles: kan4 ma5
- Yale: gàn ma
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gann .ma
- Palladius: гань ма (ganʹ ma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵¹ mä¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
edit幹嗎
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