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做咩
做咩
Chinese
| to do; to make; to produce | the bleating of sheep | ||
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simp. and trad. (做咩) |
做 | 咩 | |
Pronoun
做咩
Usage notes
做咩 may carry undertones of displeasure or exasperation while 點解／点解 is used for simple questioning or inquiry.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 為何、何以、何 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為何、為什麼 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼 |
| Taiwan | 為什麼 | |
| Tianjin | 為嘛 | |
| Harbin | 為啥 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解、做乜、做乜嘢、做咩、為乜 |
| Hong Kong | 點解、做乜、做乜嘢、做咩、為乜、做乜事幹、因乜事幹、因乜解究 | |
| Taishan | 幾解、做乜、為乜、乜頭路 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼个 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 做麼个 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 做麼个 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 做麼个 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 做麼个 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 做麼个 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 為甚物、按怎、物代 |
| Xiamen | 為甚物、按怎、物代 | |
| Zhangzhou | 為甚物、按怎 | |
| Taipei | 為啥物、是按怎 | |
| Malaysia | 啥物事 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體、為啥、啥講究、啥個講究、啥個路道、啥個緣故 |
| Wenzhou | 妝乜、為乜事幹 | |