How to Say ‘What do you do?’ in Simplified Chinese
做什么？
zuò shén me
[zuò shénme]
💬 Usage Tip: Question words like 什么 stay in the same spot the answer would go, so no reordering is needed. Answer by just replacing it: 来中国工作 "come to China to work".
Phrase Breakdown
做
zuò
[zuò]
to do
General verb for doing an activity.
你在做什么？
What are you doing?
什么
shén me
[shénme]
what
Question word asking about things.
你想吃什么？
What do you want to eat?
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