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Phrase

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what are you doing?

1. Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Anna! Hi! What’re you doing?
2. Used to tell the interlocutor to stop what they are currently doing.
   • 2009, Stephen Goldfinger, The Comedian and the Urologist's Daughter, page 135:All of a sudden, he pulled her arm down towards his crotch and began humping it. "Ahh! My God! What are you doing? Stop that! Stop that!"

Synonyms

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• what are you up to? (informal)
• whatcha doin'? (informal)

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

See also

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• what's up? (has multiple meanings)

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