我地阿ｓｉr話,,,
　　ｄ外國人唔中意人地問佢：
ｗｈat  are you doing <＜架喎．．
　
　　佢話．ｄ外國人會覺得好ｉｍpolite 架喎,

　　　係咪ｇa!?!?？；　

it depends on the context...

what are you doing now (what is your current job) is OK

what are you doing now (challenge or question if someone is not doing things right) is not very well received usually

what are you doing now (what activity are you currently engaged in) is OK

Usually I'd say it's OK.

　

    　　＝ｏ＝’　唔係好明’
　　　　　　　　　可唔可以用ｃhinese explaiｎ下．＞ｏ＜’　

what are you doing？此句子應該唔係問你做乜工作或者做緊乜�洁C 白話�囓i解作 '你做乜呀？' 或 '你想點？'。 即係向做錯�洈漱H講的， 試問有人咁問你，即係你做錯�洁A你都會覺得有d被冒犯(offended)感覺，故所以最好唔用，唔夠禮貌。

如果問人有冇做��(工作)，可以問 'are you engaged in any profession'？

如果外國人係做緊�蠵��洁A通常唔會好像中國人直斥其非，而係可以婉轉�灠楟\  'can i help you？' 或 'can i give you a hand？'，外國人都可以意會到的。

actually, what our international friend meant hear is that the kind of the intonation used in expressing this sentence is not polite, and there is a better way to show the speaker's way of greeting the friend.
the sentence "what are you doing" is spoken not in a native way, i mean the speaker do not truly understand the kind of culture perched on this line of words(it is a little Chinglish culturally speaking, similar to "Have you eaten?")--our international friends are individuality-oriented. what they are doing seems to them something personal and private and significant to them, and really has nothing to do with the speaker. culturally speaking, it is something similar to "what is your salary","how old are you""are you married", and the like.

If you are asking if someone is able to join you for coffee, then you may try to ask:

"Do you have time for coffee?"

Instead of "What are you doing now?"

It depends on the context, for example, it is normally alright to ask direct questions to good friends. "Waht are you doing tonight?  Fancy a night out?"  You can phrase this slightly differently:

"If you have nothing on tonight, would you mind joining us for dinner?"

There is more than one way of asking a question so there is no definitive "right" answer for your question.

　
　
　　　　　　　,,,thank you very much,,＊

　　　都明明地ｇe..><'
　　　　　　　原來有甘多ｍeaning..ga'．＞＜’
　　　　　　你地唔講．我真係唔知．＞＜’

I will use what up instead of what re u doing?

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原帖由 young_girl 於 2006-12-6 12:54 PM 發表
　
　
　我地阿ｓｉr話,,,
　　ｄ外國人唔中意人地問佢：
ｗｈat  are you doing <＜架喎．．
　
　　佢話．ｄ外國人會覺得好ｉｍpolite 架喎,

　　　係咪ｇa!?!?？；　

English people like to greet their friends by asking this: "How are you?"

North American people, however, would say, "How are you doing?"

If you say, "What are you doing?", they might think that they have offended you by mistake.

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原帖由 young_girl 於 2006-12-6 12:54 PM 發表
　
　
　我地阿ｓｉr話,,,
　　ｄ外國人唔中意人地問佢：
ｗｈat  are you doing <＜架喎．．
　
　　佢話．ｄ外國人會覺得好ｉｍpolite 架喎,

　　　係咪ｇa!?!?？；　

English people like to greet their friends by asking this: "How are you?"

North American people, however, would say, "How are you doing?"

If you say, "What are you doing?", they might think that they have offended you by mistake.

In Western culture, what someone is doing is considered that person’s private business, and asking about it is seen as an intrusion.  The person asking must have some cause to ask the question in order for it to be appropriate.  So, among family, friends and work colleagues it is OK to ask “what are you doing”, since it is reasonable to be interested in what a friend or family member is doing.  Young children can also ask “what are you doing” to anyone, since it is normal for children to be curious.  Among strangers, “what are you doing” becomes an indirect means to voice disapproval, or to express suspicion that the person is doing something inappropriate.  The tone of voice is usually loud and stern.  For example, if a Western woman riding on a bus discovers that a man has put his hand up her skirt, she may challenge the man by asking loudly “what are you doing”.  Or, if a shopkeeper discovers that a person is putting unpaid goods in a pocket, the shopkeeper may ask the person “what are you doing”.

Variations include “what do you think you are doing”, or even “what the XXXX are you doing”, where XXXX is a swear word.

If you are genuinely interested in what a stranger is doing, you need to explain the reason behind your interest.  For example, “excuse me sir, but I notice that you are putting paint on your face.  May I ask what are you doing?  Are you participating in the carnival?”  In this case, the person asking the question may be interested in knowing more about the carnival, or in meeting carnival participants.

Very good explanations.

　

  W OW..
　
　　　　　　　thanks...＊　

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原帖由 gwaimuilover 於 2006-12-24 08:46 AM 發表
In Western culture, what someone is doing is considered that person’s private business, and asking about it is seen as an intrusion.  The person asking must have some cause to ask the question in  ...

Excellent!

it's the same as have you had your lunch/dinner yet? you want to ask really when you're gonna buy him/her a meal