V什么【V shénme】

什么 straight after a verb can turn the question into an objection: there's no reason to be doing this. 哭什么 means "stop crying", and nobody expects an answer.

It's spoken and fairly direct. Among friends it's warm: it waves away thanks or politeness.

With an object

The object goes after 什么, so 什么 lands between the verb and its object.

• × 看电视什么 → 看什么电视
• × 什么哭 → 哭什么

With an adjective, and doubled

After an adjective, 什么 flatly denies it.

V什么V repeats the verb for extra annoyance.

The same words can still be a real question: 你笑什么 can ask what's funny. Intonation and the situation decide.