"what do you want" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what do you want
  1. (informal) Indicates that the listener is paying attention to the speaker, and wishes to know why they were approached or interrupted. Tags: informal Synonyms: what [informal], what is it, yeah [informal], yes Translations (to indicate that the listener is paying attention): 咩呀? (english: me¹ aa³?) (Chinese Cantonese), mitä nyt? (Finnish), mitä haluat? (english: literal) (Finnish), weh yuh waan (Jamaican Creole), なんでしょう? (nandeshō?) (Japanese), kamu mau apa? (Malay), काय हवं आहे? (kāy hava āhe?) (Marathi), तुला काय हवं आहे? (tulā kāy hava āhe?) (Marathi), तुम्हाला काय हवं आहे? (tumhālā kāy hava āhe?) (Marathi)

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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "me¹ aa³?",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
          "word": "咩呀?"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
          "word": "mitä nyt?"
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          "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
          "word": "なんでしょう?"
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          "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
          "word": "kamu mau apa?"
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          "roman": "kāy hava āhe?",
          "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
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      "code": "yue",
      "english": "me¹ aa³?",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "咩呀?"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "mitä nyt?"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "mitä haluat?"
    },
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      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "weh yuh waan"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "なんでしょう?"
    },
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "kamu mau apa?"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāy hava āhe?",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "काय हवं आहे?"
    },
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      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "tulā kāy hava āhe?",
      "sense": "to indicate that the listener is paying attention",
      "word": "तुला काय हवं आहे?"
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      "word": "तुम्हाला काय हवं आहे?"
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