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shuí

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shuí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuí | shui2
English translation
who? whom? whose? anyone?
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shéi | shei2
English translation
who
also pr. [shuí]

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About shuí

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shuí

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of shuí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠隹

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shuí

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知道 zhīdào zhè cháng 篮球 lán qiú sài shuí huì 上场 shàng chǎng .

I don't know (wonder) who will play in the basketball match.

孩子 háizi men 举行 jǔxíng 比赛 bǐsài , kān shuí 单足 tiào yuè zuì kuài .

The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.

wèi ǎi 男孩 nán hái shì shuí ? 那位 shì 比尔 Bǐ ěr .

Who is that short boy? That is Bill.

秘书 mìshū 度假 dù jià shí , shuí lái 代替 dàitì ?

Who will double for the secretary while she is on holiday?

作为 zuòwéi míng 足球 zú qiú 队员 duì yuán , shuí dōu chāo 不过 bùguò .

As a football player he is second to none.

Words with shuí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shuí who shuí
鹿死谁手 lù sǐ shéi shǒu prize winner鹿死誰手
谁知 shéi zhī lit. who knows誰知

shuí Decomposition & Compounds

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shuí Decomposition

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