what are you doing

English

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Phrase

what are you doing?

Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Anna! Hi! What’re you doing?
  Audio (US) (file)

Synonyms

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

Translations

what are you doing

Abkhaz: иҟоуҵозеи? (iq̇ouc̣ozei?) (to a man), иҟабҵозеи? (iq̇ābc̣ozei?) (to a woman)
Arabic: (to a man) مَاذَا تَعْمَلُ؟‎ (māḏā taʿmalu?), (to a woman) مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟‎ (māḏā taʿmalīna?)
Egyptian: بِتَعْمِل إِيه؟‎ (betaʿmel ʾeyh?)

Levantine: شُو بْتْسَوِي؟‎ (šū btsawē?) (Palestinian)
Armenian: ի՞նչ ես անում (i^?nčʿ es anum)
Azerbaijani: nə edirsən? (sg)
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 wu ḥo?) (to a man), хӏун деш ю хьо? (hun deš ju ḥo?) (to a woman)
Chinese:
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 h͠ai?), (informal) तुम क्या कर रहे हो? (tum kyā kar rahe ho?)
Hungarian: mit csinál? (formal), mit csinálsz? (informal)
Icelandic: hvað ertu að gera?

Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Ingush: фу деш ва хьо? (fu deš wa ḥo?) (to a man), фу деш я хьо? (fu deš ja ḥo?) (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?)
Korean: 뭐합니까? (Mwohamnikka?), 뭐해요? (Mwohaeyo?), (plain) 뭐해? (Mwohae?)
Macedonian: (formal) што пра́вите? (što právite?), (informal) што пра́виш? (što práviš?)
Navajo: haʼátʼíí baa naniná?
Nogai: сиз не этесиз? (siz ne étesiz?) (formal)
Norwegian: hva gjør du?
Ojibwe: aaniin ezhichigeyan?
Persian: (formal) چه کار می‌کنید؟‎ (če kâr mi-konid?), (informal) چیکار می‌کنی؟‎ (čikâr mi-koni?)
Polish: (informal) co robisz?, (formal, to a man) co Pan robi?, (formal, to a woman) co Pani robi?
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?

Roman: (formal) šta radite?, (informal) šta radiš?
Slovak: (formal) čo robíte?, (informal) čo robíš?
Slovene: (formal) kaj storite?, (informal) kaj storiš?
Spanish: (formal) ¿qué usted hace?, (informal) ¿qué haces?
Swedish: vad gör du?, va göru? (text messeging), vad göru? (text messeging), vad håller du på med?
Telugu: నీవు ఏమి చేస్తున్నావు (nīvu ēmi cēstunnāvu)
Thai: คุณ (kun)กำลัง (gam-lang)ทำ (tam)อะไร (à-rai) (kun gamlang tam arai?) (add ครับ (kráp) (male speaker) or คะ (ká) (female speaker) to the end to make the question more polite)
Turkish: (formal) ne yapıyorsunuz?, (formal) n'apıyorsunuz?, (informal) ne yapıyorsun?, (informal) n'apıyorsun?
Ukrainian: (formal) що ви ро́бите? (ščo vy róbyte?), (informal) що ти ро́биш? (ščo ty róbyš?)
Vietnamese: bạn đang làm gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)

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