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什

shén

HSK 1 Character

What 什 means

1. what

Other readings

什 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shíten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous

Example sentences

• 搞什么
  Gǎo shénme
  What's up?
• 搞什幺
  What's up?
• 什幺？
  What?
• 什么？
  What?
• 什么！
  What!
• 什么地方
  Shénmedìfang
  What place?

Words starting with 什

• 什么shén mewhat?; something; anything
• 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?
• 什刹海shí chà hǎiShichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
• 什叶派Shí yè pàiShia sect (of Islam)
• 什锦shí jǐn(food) assorted; mixed; assortment
• 什器shí qìvarious kinds of everyday utensils
• 什菜shí càimixed vegetables
• 什叶Shí yèShia (a movement in Islam)
• 什邡市Shí fāng ShìShifang, a county-level city in Deyang City 德阳市
• 什么事shén me shìWhat's up?; Is something the matter?; (colloquial)…
• 什么人shén me rénwho?; what (kind of) person?
• 什么的shén me deand so on; and so forth; and what not
• 什么鬼shén me guǐ(colloquial) what the hell?; what on earth?…
• 什一奉献shí yī fèng xiàntithing
• 什锦果盘shí jǐn guǒ pánmixed fruit salad
• 什么地方shén me dì fangsomewhere; someplace; where
• 什么好说shén me hǎo shuōsth pertinent to say
• 什么时候shén me shí houwhen?; at what time?
• 什么风把你吹来的shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái deWhat brings you here? (idiom)
• 什邡Shí fāngsee 什邡市

Words containing 什

• 为什么wèi shén mewhy?; for what reason?
• 没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure…
• 干什么gàn shén mewhat are you doing?; what's he up to?
• 家什jiā shiutensils; furniture
• 克什米尔Kè shí mǐ ěrKashmir
• 布尔什维克Bù ěr shí wéi kèBolshevik
• 奥什Ào shíOsh (city in Kyrgyzstan)
• 班什Bān shíBinche (Belgian city)
• 篇什piān shípoem
• 纳什Nà shí(surname) Nash
• 雅什yǎ shífine verse
• 劳什子láo shí zi(dialect) nuisance; pain
• 印古什Yìn gǔ shíIngushetia, republic in southwestern Russia
• 厄什塔È shén tǎØrsta (city in Norway)
• 喀什市Kā shí ShìKashgar, a county-level city in Kashgar City 喀什市
• 塔什干Tǎ shí gānTashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
• 多菲什duō fēi shídogfish (loanword)
• 布什尔Bù shí ěrBushehr Province of southern Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf…
• 凭什么píng shén me(spoken) why?; for which reason?
• 捞什子lāo shí ziencumbrance; burden; that awful thing (colloquial)
• 乌什县Wū shí XiànUqturpan, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区
• 雅诺什Yǎ nuò shíJános (Hungarian name)
• 克什克腾Kè shí kè téngHexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 利什曼病lì shí màn bìngleishmaniasis (medicine)

Characters that look like 什

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 仔zǐ(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed

Sounds the same

Read shén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 神god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 甚variant of 什