你今天干吗呀
“What are you doing?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“No socializing tonight. No, just meeting a friend of mine.”
你 今天 干吗呀
“What are you doing?”
“Why are you suddenly acting so weird and involved today?”
Contextualized by the preceding turn, 'yingchou' refers to obligatory social drinking and networking, which Chinese urbanites frequently seek to avoid in favor of genuine personal time.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what are you doing / what's up with you
A very colloquial spoken expression often used among close acquaintances to question someone's unusual actions or motives.
Softens the inquiry '干吗' while adding a layer of conversational familiarity or mild bewilderment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are we shopping today?”
“I know exactly what I am doing.”
“Why did you go to the factory today?”
“What are you doing right now?”
“What are you doing? Now you just walk in.”