做乜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adverb

做乜

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

Synonyms

Verb

做乜

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