Chinese Word: 什 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

什Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1

Total strokes: 4; Radical: 人

Ideographic:A file of ten 十 people 亻

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
- 十 [ shí ] ten, tenth; complete; perfect

Similar Characters: 讣怀计仟汁

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Pinyin: shén

English Definition:what

Chinese Definition:
①(什么)ａ．代词，表示疑问，如“什什人？”b．代词，指不确定的事物，如“没什什问题”(“么”均读轻声)。

Example Words:

什么HSK 1	shén me	what?; something; anything
为什么HSK 2	wèi shén me	why?; for what reason?
什么样	shén me yàng	what kind?; what sort?; what appearance?
没什么	méi shén me	nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
没什么	méi shén me	nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind

Pinyin: shí

English Definition:ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous

Chinese Definition:
①十(多用于分数或倍数)：什百(十倍和百)。什一(十分之一)。什袭珍藏(形容极其珍重地收藏物品)。
②各种的，各样的：什锦(各种各样东西凑成的食品)。什物。
③诗篇：篇什。雅什。

Example Words:

布尔什维克	bù ěr shí wéi kè	Bolshevik
什锦	shí jǐn	(food) assorted; mixed; assortment
新罕布什尔	xīn hǎn bù shí ěr	New Hampshire, US state
新罕布什尔州	xīn hǎn bù shí ěr zhōu	New Hampshire, US state
拉什卡尔加	lā shí kǎ ěr jiā	Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

1		nǐ 你 gàn shén me 干什么？ What are you doing?
2		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 kàn 看 shén me 什么？ What do you want to watch?
3		nǐ 你 xìng 姓 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is your surname?
4		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 kè 课？ What class is this?
5		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is this?

1		nǐ 你 gàn shén me 干什么？ What are you doing?
2		nǐ 你 xiǎng 想 kàn 看 shén me 什么？ What do you want to watch?
3		nǐ 你 xìng 姓 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is your surname?
4		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 kè 课？ What class is this?
5		zhè 这 shì 是 shén me 什么 ne 呢？ What is this?