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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 干什么

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
干什么 gàn shén me - what are you doing?
- what's he up to?

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 1 892 4,536 3,182

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
干 gān- surname Gan
干 gān- (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
- one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]
- (archaic) shield
干 gān- old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干 gān- surname Gan
干 gān- dry
- dried food
- empty; hollow
- taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
- futile; in vain
- (dialect) rude; blunt
- (dialect) to cold-shoulder
干 gān- variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干 gàn- tree trunk
- main part of sth
- to manage
- to work
- to do
- capable
- cadre
- to kill (slang)
- to fuck (vulgar)
- (coll.) pissed off
- annoyed
什 shén- what
什 shí- ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
- assorted
- miscellaneous
幺 yāo- surname Yao
幺 yāo- youngest
- most junior
- tiny
- one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
- one or ace on dice or dominoes
- variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
么 má- exclamatory final particle
么 ma- interrogative final particle
么 me- suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
么 me- variant of 麼|么[me5]

Other Words Containing 干什么

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
干什么 - 1 892 4,536 3,182