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什么 shénme

什么 shénme Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 什么 shénme .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shénme | shen2 me5
English translation
what?
who?
something
anything

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About 什么 shénme

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HSK level

1

Traditional form

什麼

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí
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Etymology of 什么 shénme

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 什么 shénme .

什 shén

Type

ideographic

Explanation

The character is based on the original meaning "group of ten soldiers", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

Positional decomposition

⿰亻十

Number of Strokes

4
么 má

Explanation

Variant form of 幺 yāo . In simplified Chinese 么 má is also used to mean "[particle]", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麼 me .

Positional decomposition

⿱丿厶

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 什么 shénme

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克鲁德 Dé : 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen 会 huì 渴 kě 死 sǐ 的 de . 哎 āi 呦 yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

嗨 hāi , 这 zhè 又 yòu 有 yǒu 什么 shénme 害处 hài chu 呢 ne ?

Why, what's the harm?

如果 rúguǒ 你 nǐ 不 bù 在 zài 五秒之内 zhī nèi 说 shuì 些 xiē 什么 shénme , 我 wǒ 就 jiù 会 huì 知道 zhīdào 这 zhè 件 jiàn 夹克 jiā kè 超过 chāoguò 1000.

If you don't say anything in five seconds, I'll know it was over

我 wǒ 不得不 bùdébù 盯 dīng 着 zhāo 看 kān 好 hǎo 几 jī 秒 miǎo ,去 qù 想 xiǎng 这 zhè 到底 dàodǐ 是 shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi .

I had to stare at it for several seconds to figure out what it meant.

我们 wǒmen 等 děng 着 zhāo 瞧 qiáo 会 huì 发生 fāshēng 什么 shénme 事 shì 吧 bā .

Let's wait and see what transpires.

什么 shénme Decomposition

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什么 shénme Compounds

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