做什麼
Chinese
to do what; something trad. (做什麼/做甚麼) 做 什麼/甚麼 simp. (做什么) 做 什么
Pronunciation
Verb
做什麼
- what to do
Adverb
做什麼
- (dialectal) why; what for
- 做甚麼三年不見甘霖降？也只為東海曾經孝婦冤。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
- Zuò shénme sān nián bùjiàn gānlín jiàng? Yě zhǐ wèi Dōnghǎi céngjīng xiàofù yuān. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
做什么三年不见甘霖降？也只为东海曾经孝妇冤。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼 |
| Taiwan | 為什麼 | |
| Tianjin | 為嘛 | |
| Harbin | 為啥 | |
| Muping | 為麼, 為麼個 | |
| Jinan | 為麼 | |
| Xi'an | 為啥 | |
| Yinchuan | 為啥 | |
| Lanzhou | 為啥 | |
| Xining | 為啥 | |
| Ürümqi | 為啥 | |
| Wuhan | 做麼事, 為麼事 | |
| Chengdu | 為啥子 | |
| Guiyang | 為哪樣, 為些哪樣 | |
| Liuzhou | 為什嗎 | |
| Xuzhou | 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼 | |
| Yangzhou | 甚們事, 做事, 為甚們 formal | |
| Nanjing | 為什麼 | |
| Malaysia | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 | |
| Singapore | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Hong Kong | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 做乜嘢 | |
| Macau | 為乜嘢 | |
| Panyu | 點解 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 整乜嘢 | |
| Zengcheng | 做乜嘢 | |
| Foshan | 點解 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 點解 | |
| Shunde | 為乜嘢 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 因乜嘢, 點解 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 為乜嘢 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 為乜嘢 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 點解 | |
| Doumen | 點解 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 點解 | |
| Xinhui | 幾解 | |
| Taishan | 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾解 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 做乜, 幾解 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 幾解 | |
| Dongguan | 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢 | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 點解 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 點解 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 點解 | |
| Yangon (Taishan) | 幾解 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 為什哩 |
| Pingxiang | 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做麼個 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼個 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 做麼個 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 做麼個 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 做麼個 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 做麼個 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 做麼個 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 為甚, 因為甚 |
| Xinzhou | 𠰻們 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 做孰事 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢 |
| Changle | 傒勢 | |
| Fuqing | 介計 | |
| Yongtai | 蔣其 | |
| Gutian | 做什乇 | |
| Fu'an | 做乜乇 | |
| Ningde | 做乇 | |
| Shouning | 做呢乇 | |
| Zhouning | 做乜乇 | |
| Fuding | 做哪乇 | |
| Matsu | 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 為甚物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧 |
| Quanzhou | 按怎, 物代 | |
| Jinjiang | 為啥物 | |
| Zhangzhou | 按怎 | |
| Zhao'an | 為甚物 | |
| Dongshan | 為甚物 | |
| Taipei | 為啥物, 是按怎 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 何物事, 做物事, 做物 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 敢哪, 敢哪誌 | |
| Chaozhou | 做呢 | |
| Shantou | 做呢 | |
| Chaoyang | 做呢 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢 | |
| Leizhou | 做乜, 因乜 | |
| Wenchang | 作乜, 因乜, 怎作 | |
| Haikou | 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 為什個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體, 為啥, 啥講究, 啥個講究, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故 |
| Chongming | 為何, 做何 | |
| Suzhou | 為啥, 為點啥 | |
| Danyang | 為點高, 做點高 | |
| Hangzhou | 為啥 | |
| Wenzhou | 妝乜, 為乜事幹 | |
| Jinhua | 為淡事幹, 為待西 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 為麼子, 何解 |
| Loudi | 嗎介 | |