how do you mean

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

how do you mean?

1. A request for clarification of what the listener just said.

   Synonym: what do you mean

Translations

a request for clarification of what the listener just said

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你這是什麼意思？／你这是什么意思？ (nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi)

• Dutch: hoe bedoel je?, hoe bedoelt u? (formal), hoezo? (nl)
• Finnish: mitä tarkoitat, miten muka (somewhat confrontational)
• French: comment ça ? (fr)
• Hungarian: (formal) hogy érti?, (informal) hogy érted? (hu)
• Polish: co masz na myśli?

References

• “how do you mean” (US) / “how do you mean” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “how do you mean”, in Collins English Dictionary.