做乜

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Chinese

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to do; to make; to produce squint; (dial.) what
trad. (做乜)
simp. #(做乜)
Literally: “doing what; what are you doing”.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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做乜

  1. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) why
    做乜噉樣 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    做乜噉样 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    zou6 mat1 haak3 sing4 gam2 joeng6-2 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Why are you so frightened?

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Verb

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做乜

  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (zuò),‎ .
    做乜 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    nei5 soeng2 ngo5 zou6 mat1 sin1? [Jyutping]
    So what do you want me to do first?