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shén

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shén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shén | shen2
English translation
what
what? mixed, miscellaneous
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shí | shi2
English translation
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
assorted
miscellaneous

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About shén

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

shén

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

A file of ten  shí people rén

Etymology of shén

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻十

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using shén

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克鲁: 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen huì de . āi yōu !

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

hāi , zhè yòu yǒu 什么 shénme 害处 hài chu ne ?

Why, what's the harm?

如果 rúguǒ zài 五秒之内 zhī nèi shuì xiē 什么 shénme , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào zhè jiàn 夹克 jiā kè 超过 chāoguò 1000.

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

不得不 bùdébù dīng zhāo kān hǎo miǎo , xiǎng zhè 到底 dàodǐ 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 děng zhāo qiáo huì 发生 fāshēng 什么 shénme shì .

Let's wait and see what transpires.

Words with shén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
什么 shénme what?什麼
为什么 wèishénme why?為什麼
没什么 méi shén me nothing沒什麼
什么样 shén me yàng what kind?什麼樣
shén what shén
布什 Bù shí Bush (name)布什 Bù shí
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?幹什麼
什么的 shén me de and so on什麼的
什叶派 Shí yè pài Shia sect (of Islam)什葉派
克什米尔 Kè shí mǐ ěr Kashmir克什米爾
纳什 Nà shí Nash (surname)納什
喀什 Kā shí Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan喀什 Kā shí
什锦 shí jǐn mixed什錦
比什凯克 Bǐ shí kǎi kè Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan比什凱克
布尔什维克 Bù ěr shí wéi kè Bolshevik布爾什維克
塔什干 Tǎ shí gān Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan塔什干 Tǎ shí gān
萨卡什维利 Sà kǎ shí wéi lì Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013薩卡什維利
家什 jiā shi utensils家什 jiā shi
纳什维尔 Nà shí wéi ěr Nashville, capital of Tennessee納什維爾
喀什地区 Kā shí dì qū Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan喀什地區
新罕布什尔州 Xīn Hǎn bù shí ěr zhōu New Hampshire, US state新罕布什爾州
劳什子 láo shí zi pain勞什子

shén Decomposition & Compounds

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shén Decomposition

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