In this article to show "How To Say What Are You Doing In Chinese?". It's common way to comminicate when friend meet together, just like to say "Hi, how are you?"
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你在做什么? | nǐ zài zuò shén me? | What are you doing? |
B: | 我在看书。 | wǒ zài kàn shū。 | I’m reading books. |
Tips:
Chinese people sometimes ues 你正在做什么 [nǐ zhèng zài zuò shén me] to express what are you doing now in Chinese. 正在 [zhèng zài] means now, is often used to describe an action that is ongoing or in progress at the moment.
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你正在做什么? | nǐ zhèng zài zuò shén me? | What are you doing now? |
B: | 我正在看电视。 | wǒ zhèng zài kàn diàn shì。 | I’m watching TV now. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你在干什么? | nǐ zài gàn shén me? | What are you doing? |
B: | 我在听歌。 | wǒ zài tīng gē。 | I’m listening to music. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你在干嘛呢? | nǐ zài gàn má ne? | What are you doing? |
B: | 我在看书。 | wǒ zài kàn shū。 | I’m reading books. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你在干啥? | nǐ zài gàn shá? | What are you doing? |
B: | 我在听歌。 | wǒ zài tīng gē。 | I’m listening to music. |
Speaker | Character | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
A: | 你今天晚上准备去干嘛? | nǐ jīn tiān wǎn shàng zhǔn bèi qù gàn ma? | What are you doing this evening? |
B: | 我准备去逛街。 | wǒ zhǔn bèi qù guàng jiē。 | I’m going to go shopping. |
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