做咩

Chinese
to do; to make; to produce the bleating of sheep
simp. and trad.
(做咩)		 做 咩
Literally: “to do what”.

Pronunciation

Adverb

做咩

  1. (Cantonese) why; what for
    做咩你咁冇腦㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    做咩你咁冇脑㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    zou6 me1 nei5 gam3 mou5 nou5 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    Why are you so stupid?
    你想學德文做咩啫？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你想学德文做咩啫？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 soeng2 hok6 dak1 man4 zou6 me1 ze1? [Jyutping]
    What do you want to learn German for? / Why would you want to learn German?

Usage notes

做咩 may carry undertones of displeasure or exasperation while 點解／点解 is used for simple questioning or inquiry.

Synonyms
  • (Cantonese) 有咩用 (literally “has what purpose”), (Mandarin) 有什麼用／有什么用 (yǒushénmeyòng, literally “has what purpose”)
Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Yantai (Muping) 為麼, 為麼個
Jinan 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼
Xi'an 為啥, 因啥
Yinchuan 為啥
Lanzhou 為啥
Xining 為啥
Ürümqi 為啥
Wuhan 做麼事, 為麼事
Chengdu 為啥子, 做啥子
Guiyang 為哪樣, 為些哪樣
Guilin 為什麼
Liuzhou 為什麼
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 為什麼
Xuzhou 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
Yangzhou 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal
Nanjing 為什麼
Hefei 怎搞, 怎搞的
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
Guangzhou (Panyu) 點解
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 整乜嘢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 做乜嘢
Foshan 點解
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 點解
Foshan (Shunde) 為乜嘢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 因乜嘢, 點解
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 為乜嘢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 點解
Zhuhai (Doumen) 點解
Jiangmen (Baisha) 點解
Jiangmen (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
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 點解
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 點解
Yangjiang 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 為物底
Qinzhou 為乜嘢, 為乜
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 為乜底
Beihai 為乜嘢
Beihai (Nankang) 做乜嘢
Beihai (Yingpan) 為乜底
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 做乜嘢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 做乜嘢, 為乜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 點解
Singapore (Guangfu) 點解
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 做乜嘢
Móng Cái 點解, 為乜
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
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 做乜計, 做乜嘢, 仰解
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 做麼個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 做麼個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 做麼個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 做麼個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 做麼個
Jin Taiyuan 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什
Xinzhou 𠰻們
Min Bei Jian'ou 為孰事, 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, 創甚物
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
Shantou (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
Singapore (Hainanese) 作乜
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
Shanghai (Chongming) 為何, 做何
Suzhou 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體
Danyang 為點高, 做點高
Hangzhou 為啥
Wenzhou 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹
Jinhua 為淡事幹, 為待西
Xiang Changsha 為麼子, 何解
Loudi 嗎介
Shuangfeng 為麼子, 做麼子

Verb

做咩

  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 做 (zuò),‎ 咩 (miē).
    你做咩呀你？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 zou6 me1 aa3 nei5? [Jyutping]  ―  What are you doing?
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