Phrase guide

what are you doing

phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.

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phrase

Meaning 2

Used to tell the interlocutor to stop what they are currently doing.

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Across languages

Translations

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: иҟоуҵозеи? (iqʼowcʼozej?) — what are you doing
  • Abkhaz: иҟабҵозеи? (iqʼabcʼozej?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ (māḏā tafʕalu?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: مَاذَا تَفْعَلِينَ؟ (māḏā tafʕalīna?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: مَاذَا تَعْمَلُ؟ (māḏā taʕmalu?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟ (māḏā taʕmalīna?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: بِتَعْمِل إِيه؟ (betaʕmel ʔē?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: بتعملي إِيه؟ (betaʕmelī ʔē?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: ؟إيش قاعد تسوي (ʔēš gāʕid tisawwi?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: ؟إيش بِتْسَوِّي (ʔēš bitsawwi?) — what are you doing
  • Arabic: شُو بْتْسَوِي؟ (šū btsawē?) — what are you doing
  • Armenian: ի՞նչ ես անում (inčʻ es anum) — what are you doing
  • Azerbaijani: nə edirsən? — what are you doing
  • Azerbaijani: neynəyirsən? — what are you doing
  • Azerbaijani: nə iş görürsən? — what are you doing
  • Azerbaijani: nə qayırırsan? — what are you doing
  • Belarusian: што вы ро́біце? (što vy róbicje?) — what are you doing
  • Belarusian: што ты ро́біш? (što ty róbiš?) — what are you doing
  • Bulgarian: какво́ пра́вите? (kakvó právite?) — what are you doing
  • Bulgarian: какво́ пра́виш? (kakvó práviš?) — what are you doing
  • Cebuano: nag-unsa man ka? — what are you doing
  • Chechen: хӏун деш ву хьо? (hun deš vu ḥro?) — what are you doing
  • Chechen: хӏун деш ю хьо? (hun deš ju ḥro?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese Cantonese: 你做緊乜嘢嘢呀? /你做紧乜嘢嘢呀? (nei5 zou6 gan2 mat1 je5 je5 aa3?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧創啥? /汝咧创啥? (lí le̍h chhòng sián? / lír lér chhòng sián? / lí lé chhòng sián? / lí teh chhòng sián?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧做啥? (lí le̍h chòe sián? / lí teh chòe sián? / lí lé chòe sián? / lír lér chòe sián?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧作啥? (lí le̍h chò sián? / lí teh chò sián? / lú le̍h chò sián? / lú teh chò sián? / lú le̍h chòe sián?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧物代? (lí teh mih-tāi?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧敢哪誌? /汝咧敢哪志? (lí lé kàn--ná-chì?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧敢哪? (lí lé kàn--ná?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese: 汝咧啥潲? (lí le̍h sián-siâu? / lí lé sián-siâu? / lír lér sián-siâu? / lí teh sán-siâu?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你在幹什麼? /你在干什么? (nǐ zài gàn shénme?) — what are you doing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你幹嘛呢? /你干嘛呢? (nǐ gàn má ne?) — what are you doing
  • Czech: co děláte? — what are you doing
  • Czech: co děláš? — what are you doing
  • Danish: hvad gør du? — what are you doing
  • Dutch: wat ben je aan het doen? — what are you doing
  • Dutch: waar ben je mee bezig? — what are you doing
  • Esperanto: kion vi faras? — what are you doing
  • Estonian: mis sina teed? — what are you doing
  • Faroese: hvat gert tú? — what are you doing
  • Finnish: mitä sinä teet? — what are you doing
  • French: qu’est-ce que vous faites — what are you doing
  • French: que faites-vous — what are you doing
  • French: qu'est-ce que tu fais — what are you doing
  • French: que fais-tu — what are you doing
  • Galician: que fas? — what are you doing
  • Georgian: რას აკეთებ? (ras aḳeteb?) — what are you doing
  • Georgian: რას შვრები? (ras švrebi?) — what are you doing
  • German: was machen Sie? — what are you doing
  • German: was tun Sie? — what are you doing
  • German: was machst du? — what are you doing
  • German: was tust du? — what are you doing
  • Greek: τι κανείς; (ti kaneís?) — what are you doing
  • Hebrew: מה אתה עושה? (ma atá ose?) — what are you doing
  • Hebrew: מה את עושה? (ma at osa?) — what are you doing
  • Hindi: आप क्या कर रहे हैं? (āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?) — what are you doing
  • Hindi: तुम क्या कर रहे हो? (tum kyā kar rahe ho?) — what are you doing
  • Hungarian: mit csinál? — what are you doing
  • Hungarian: mit csinálsz? — what are you doing
  • Icelandic: hvað ertu að gera? — what are you doing
  • Indonesian: apa yang sedang kamu lakukan? (id) — what are you doing
  • Indonesian: apa yang sedang Anda lakukan? — what are you doing
  • Indonesian: ngapain? — what are you doing
  • Ingush: фу деш ва хьо? (fu deš va ḥro?) — what are you doing
  • Ingush: фу деш я хьо? (fu deš ja ḥro?) — what are you doing
  • Irish: cad é atá á dhéanamh agat? — what are you doing
  • Irish: cad é atá ar siúl agat? — what are you doing
  • Italian: che fa? — what are you doing
  • Italian: che fai? — what are you doing
  • Japanese: 何をしていますか (nani o shite imasu ka?) — what are you doing
  • Japanese: 何してるの? (nani shiteru no?) — what are you doing
  • Japanese: なにそれ — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nananu ka? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nananu kayo? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nananu kayu po? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nanung gagawan mu? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: numanu ka? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: numanu no? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nananu nayo? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: numanu kayo? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: numanu kayu po? — what are you doing
  • Kapampangan: nanung gawan mo? — what are you doing
  • Kazakh: сіз не істеп жатырсыз? (sız ne ıstep jatyrsyz?) — what are you doing
  • Kazakh: сен не істеп жатырсың? (sen ne ıstep jatyrsyñ?) — what are you doing
  • Korean: 뭐하십니까? (mwohasimnikka?) — what are you doing
  • Korean: 뭐하세요? (mwohaseyo?) — what are you doing
  • Korean: 뭐해? (mwohae?) — what are you doing
  • Kumyk: не этесен? (ne etesen?) — what are you doing
  • Kumyk: нейтесен? (neytesen?) — what are you doing
  • Kyrgyz: сиз эмне кылып жатасыз? (siz emne kılıp jatasız?) — what are you doing
  • Kyrgyz: сен эмне кылып жатасың? (sen emne kılıp jatasıŋ?) — what are you doing
  • Lithuanian: ką veiki? — what are you doing
  • Lower Tanana: do'it'anh — what are you doing
  • Macedonian: што пра́вите? (što právite?) — what are you doing
  • Macedonian: што пра́виш? (što práviš?) — what are you doing
  • Navajo: haʼátʼíí baa naniná? — what are you doing
  • Nogai: сиз не этесиз? (siz ne étesiz?) — what are you doing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hva gjør du? — what are you doing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kva gjer du? — what are you doing
  • Nǀuu: kyuixe a kxʼu — what are you doing
  • Nǀuu: jhisi xe a kxʼu — what are you doing
  • Ojibwe: aaniin ezhichigeyan? — what are you doing
  • Iranian Persian: چِه کار میکُنید؟ (če kâr mi-konid?) — what are you doing
  • Iranian Persian: چِه کار میکُنی؟ (če kâr mi-koni?) — what are you doing
  • Polish: co robisz? — what are you doing
  • Polish: co Pan robi? — what are you doing
  • Polish: co Pani robi? — what are you doing
  • Portuguese: o que você está fazendo? — what are you doing
  • Portuguese: o que estás a fazer? — what are you doing
  • Romanian: ce faceți? — what are you doing
  • Romanian: ce faci? — what are you doing
  • Russian: что вы де́лаете? (što vy délajete?) — what are you doing
  • Russian: что ты де́лаешь? (što ty délaješʹ?) — what are you doing
  • Serbo-Croatian: шта радите? — what are you doing
  • Serbo-Croatian: шта радиш? — what are you doing
  • Serbo-Croatian: šta radite? — what are you doing
  • Serbo-Croatian: šta radiš? — what are you doing
  • Slovak: čo robíte? — what are you doing
  • Slovak: čo robíš? — what are you doing
  • Slovene: kaj storite? — what are you doing
  • Slovene: kaj storiš? — what are you doing
  • Spanish: ¿qué hace? — what are you doing
  • Spanish: ¿qué haces? — what are you doing
  • Swedish: vad gör du? — what are you doing
  • Swedish: va göru? — what are you doing
  • Swedish: vad göru? — what are you doing
  • Swedish: vad håller du på med? — what are you doing
  • Tagalog: ano ang ginagawa mo? — what are you doing
  • Tagalog: ano po ang ginagawa niyo? — what are you doing
  • Tagalog: ano po ang ginagawa ninyo? — what are you doing
  • Tagalog: anong ginagawa mo? — what are you doing
  • Tajik: чӣ кор карда истодаед? (či kor karda istodayed?) — what are you doing
  • Tajik: чӣ кор карда истодаӣ? (či kor karda istodayi?) — what are you doing
  • Telugu: నీవు ఏమి చేస్తున్నావు (nīvu ēmi cēstunnāvu) — what are you doing
  • Thai: ทําอะไร (tam-à-rai) — what are you doing
  • Thai: ทําอะไรอยู่ (tam-à-rai-yùu) — what are you doing
  • Turkish: ne yapıyorsunuz? — what are you doing
  • Turkish: n'apıyorsunuz? — what are you doing
  • Turkish: ne yapıyorsun? — what are you doing
  • Turkish: n'apıyorsun? — what are you doing
  • Turkmen: siz näme edýärsiňiz? — what are you doing
  • Turkmen: sen näme edýärsiň? — what are you doing
  • Ukrainian: що ви ро́бите? (ščo vy róbyte?) — what are you doing
  • Ukrainian: що ти ро́биш? (ščo ty róbyš?) — what are you doing
  • Urdu: آپ کْیا کَر رَہے ہَیں؟ (āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?) — what are you doing
  • Urdu: تُم کْیا کَر رَہے ہو؟ (tum kyā kar rahe ho?) — what are you doing
  • Uzbek: siz nima qilyapsiz? — what are you doing
  • Uzbek: sen nima qilyapsan? — what are you doing
  • Vietnamese: bạn đang làm gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun) — what are you doing
  • Volapük: kisi dunol-li — what are you doing