what?! in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 干吗 with this easy mnemonic:

What are you doing drying (干) the clothes there?! Can you not (吗) be such a nuisance?

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 吗
• 干

• 干活
• 干什么
• 干净
• 干杯
• 饼干
• 干扰
• 干脆
• 干吗
• 干掉

The reading of 干吗 is gàn ma.

You can remember how to say 干吗 with this useful mnemonic:

A gangster (gàn) was just trying to be nice to his mama (ma) but he had no idea how to do house chores.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like what?! and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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