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

Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ me¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ me¹
  - Yale: jouh mē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ me¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ mé¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² mɛː⁵⁵/

Adverb

做咩

(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 (literally “has what purpose”)

Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		為何、何以、何、緣何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		為何、因何、為什麼
Mandarin	Beijing	為什麼
	Taiwan	為什麼
	Tianjin	為嘛
	Harbin	為啥
	Jinan	為麼
	Muping	為麼、為麼個
	Xi'an	為啥
	Xining	為啥
	Xuzhou	為啥、擁啥、擁什麼
	Yinchuan	為啥
	Lanzhou	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
	Yangzhou	甚們事、做事、為甚們 formal
	Nanjing	為什麼
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
	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
	Dongguan	點解、做乜嘢、做乜、為乜嘢
	Taishan	幾解、做乜、為乜、乜頭路
Gan	Nanchang	為什哩
Gan	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
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	做麼個
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	做麼個
Jin	Taiyuan	為甚、因為甚
Jin	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、快勢
Min Dong	Matsu	為什乇、蔣其、蔣講、做什乇、快勢
Min Nan	Xiamen	為甚物、按怎、物代
	Quanzhou	按怎、物代
	Zhangzhou	按怎
	Taipei	為啥物、是按怎
	Penang	啥物事
	Chaozhou	做呢
	Haikou	作乜、作個乜、作乜物、因乜、因個乜
	Leizhou	做乜、因乜
Pinghua	Nanning	做門、做哪門、為哪門
Wu	Shanghai	啥體、為啥、啥講究、啥個講究、啥個路道、啥個緣故
	Suzhou	為啥、為點啥
	Hangzhou	為啥
	Wenzhou	妝乜、為乜事幹
	Chongming	為何、做何
	Danyang	為點高、做點高
	Jinhua	為淡事幹、為待西
Xiang	Changsha	為麼子、何解
Xiang	Loudi	嗎介

Verb

做咩

(Cantonese) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 做,‎ 咩.

你做咩呀你？ [Cantonese] ― Nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ aa³ nei⁵? [Jyutping] ― What are you doing?

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