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什么

shén me

HSK 1 2-character word Traditional 什麼

What 什么 means

1. what?
2. something; anything

The characters in 什么

• 什shénwhat
• 么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么

Example sentences

• 搞什么
  Gǎo shénme
  What's up?
• 什么？
  What?
• 什么！
  What!
• 什么地方
  Shénmedìfang
  What place?
• 为什么？
  Why?
• 这是什么?
  What is this?

Words starting with 什么

• 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?
• 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)

Words containing 什么

• 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?
• 凭什么píng shén me(spoken) why?; for which reason?
• 没有什么méi yǒu shén meit is nothing; there's nothing ... about it
• 都什么年代了dōu shén me nián dài leWhat decade are you living in?; That's so out-of-date!
• 没有什么不可能méi yǒu shén me bù kě néngnothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 到什么山上，唱什么歌dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gēlit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)…
• 林子大了，什么鸟都有lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒuit takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
• 葫芦里卖的是什么药hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yàowhat has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on?