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《River Sunset》 S1·E7 (08:44) HSK 3
nǐ gàn má wǒ máng zhe ne

你干吗 我忙着呢

“What do you want? I'm busy!”

《River Sunset》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 08:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN duì zhǎng

队长

“Captain!”

nǐ gàn má wǒ máng zhe ne CURRENT FOCUS

你干吗 我忙着呢

“What do you want? I'm busy!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǒu gè jūn guān chuǎng jìn lái le

“An officer has barged in.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING ANNOYANCE
Tone: IRRITABLE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Hierarchical Directness

Superiors in Chinese workplace contexts often address subordinates with blunt, unvarnished emotion without the need for polite hedging.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #impatience #defensiveness #interruption
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你干吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

what are you doing? / what's up with you?

A blunt colloquial inquiry often used to express irritation or surprise at someone's unexpected interruption.

忙着呢 SPOKEN CHUNK

in the middle of being busy

Used to turn away interruptions by highlighting that one's current workload requires full attention.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes an ongoing state and reinforces the speaker's unavailability.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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