"what's going on" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

Audio: En-au-what's going on.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=what's going on?}} what's going on?
  1. (idiomatic, informal) An informal greeting. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (an informal greeting): 在幹嘛呢 (Chinese Mandarin), 在干嘛呢 (zài gànmá ne) (Chinese Mandarin), miten menee (Finnish), qu’est-ce qui se passe (French), wie geht's (German), was geht ab? [slang] (German), क्या चल रहा है (kyā cal rahā hai) (Hindi), क्या हो रहा है (kyā ho rahā hai) (Hindi), wah gwaan (Jamaican Creole), qué pasó (Spanish), qué pasa (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-what's_going_on-en-intj-3-OoYjjd Categories (other): English greetings, English phrasebook/Greetings Disambiguation of English greetings: 78 22 Disambiguation of English phrasebook/Greetings: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'an informal greeting': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic, informal) An expression of concern, asking for an explanation. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (expression of concern): 怎麼了 (Chinese Mandarin), 怎么了 (zěnme le) (Chinese Mandarin), mistä on kyse? (Finnish), mikä on? (Finnish), τι τρέχει; (ti tréchei;) (Greek), क्या चल रहा है (kyā cal rahā hai) (Hindi), क्या हो रहा है (kyā ho rahā hai) (Hindi), mi történik itt? (Hungarian), mi folyik itt? (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-what's_going_on-en-intj-FVC6Oomq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook, English phrasebook/Greetings, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasebook/Greetings: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'expression of concern': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: what's happening?, what's up?, what's new?, what's happening, what's up, what gives?, what goes on? [dated], what is it

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "an informal greeting",
      "word": "在幹嘛呢"
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      "sense": "an informal greeting",
      "word": "wie geht's"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an informal greeting",
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      "word": "was geht ab?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kyā cal rahā hai",
      "sense": "an informal greeting",
      "word": "क्या चल रहा है"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "word": "क्या हो रहा है"
    },
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    },
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      "sense": "an informal greeting",
      "word": "qué pasó"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an informal greeting",
      "word": "qué pasa"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "expression of concern",
      "word": "怎麼了"
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      "sense": "expression of concern",
      "word": "怎么了"
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      "word": "mi történik itt?"
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