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甚

shèn

HSK 4 Character

What 甚 means

1. excessive; undue
2. to exceed; to be more than
3. very; extremely
4. dialectwhat; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)

Other readings

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

• shénvariant of {什|shén}

Example sentences

• 甚么声音？
  What's that sound?
• 你在做甚么？
  What are you on about?
• 你说了甚么？
  What did you say?
• 你想要甚么？
  What would you like?
• 他在藏甚么？
  What's he hiding?
• 颜色是甚么？
  What is color?

Words starting with 甚

• 甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
• 甚是shèn shì(literary) very; extremely
• 甚至于shèn zhì yúso much (that); even (to the extent that)
• 甚为shèn wéivery; extremely
• 甚或shèn huòso much so that; to the extent that; even
• 甚而shèn éreven; so much so that
• 甚且shèn qiěeven; going as far as to; so much so that
• 甚平shèn píngjinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer
• 甚微shèn wēivery small; very little; scant
• 甚高频shèn gāo pínvery high frequency (VHF)
• 甚而至于shèn ér zhì yúeven; so much so that
• 甚巨shèn jù(usu. of an adverse effect) immense; considerable; substantial
• 甚浓shèn nóngstrong (smell); thick (fog)
• 甚嚣尘上shèn xiāo chén shàngclamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor; to raise a tremendous stink
• 甚感诧异shèn gǎn chà yìamazed; astonished; deeply troubled

Words containing 甚

• 不甚bù shèn(literary) not very
• 更有甚者gèng yǒu shèn zhěfurthermore (idiom)
• 不求甚解bù qiú shèn jiělit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview…
• 不为已甚bù wéi yǐ shènrefrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment; not be too hard on subject
• 知之甚微zhī zhī shèn wēito know very little about
• 自视甚高zì shì shèn gāoto think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important
• 幸甚xìng shèn(literary) very fortunate
• 欺人太甚qī rén tài shèn(idiom) to bully intolerably
• 火药味甚浓huǒ yào wèi shèn nóngstrong smell of gunpowder; fig. tense situation; standoff
• 逼人太甚bī rén tài shènto push sb too far; to go too far (in oppressing people)
• 幸甚至哉xìng shèn zhì zāifilled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操
• 自奉甚俭zì fèng shèn jiǎn(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures
• 一之为甚yī zhī wéi shènonce is more than enough (idiom)
• 卑之，毋甚高论bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùnmy opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression)…
• 卑之，无甚高论bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùnmy opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression)…
• 一之谓甚yī zhī wèi shènsee 一之为甚

Characters that look like 甚

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

• 某mǒusome; a certain; sb or sth indefinite
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 荨qiánused in 荨麻; also pr. xún

Sounds the same

Read shèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慎careful; cautious
• 渗to seep; to ooze; to horrify
• 肾kidney
• 蜃giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 瘆to terrify
• 葚used in 桑葚; also pr. rèn
• 胂arsine
• 椹used in 桑椹
• 脤sacrificial meat (raw)
• 愼variant of 慎