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什么
什麼
shénme
1.
what?
2.
who?
3.
something
4.
anything
HSK 1
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (18)
干什么
gànshénme
what are you doing?
凭什么
píngshénme
(spoken) why?
没什么
méishénme
variant of [[沒甚麼|没什么<méishénme>]]
没什么
méishénme
nothing
为什么
wèishénme
why?
什么事
shénmeshì
what?
什么人
shénmerén
who?
什么样
shénmeyàng
what kind?
什么的
shénmede
and so on
什么地方
shénmedìfang
somewhere
什么好说
shénmehǎoshuō
sth pertinent to say
什么时候
shénmeshíhou
when?
没有什么
méiyǒushénme
it is nothing
什么时候
shénmeshíhou
when?
都什么年代了
dōushénmeniándàile
What decade are you living in?
没有什么不可能
méiyǒushénmebùkěnéng
nothing is impossible
什么风把你吹来的
shénmefēngbǎnǐchuīláide
What brings you here? (idiom)
葫芦里卖的是什么药
húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
Example Sentences (10)
你马上就要硕士毕业了吧？将来有什么打算？
Nǐ mǎshàng jiù yào shuòshì bìyè le ba? Jiānglái yǒu shénme dǎsuàn?
You're about to graduate with your master's, right? What are your plans for the future?
Text 1
今年放假我又回不了家了，这次我父母又要失望了。你有什么计划？
Jīnnián fàngjià wǒ yòu huí bùliǎo jiā le, zhè cì wǒ fùmǔ yòu yào shīwàng le. Nǐ yǒu shénme jìhuà?
This year during the holidays I can’t go home again, and this time my parents will be disappointed again. Do you have any plans?
Text 3
时间过得真快，马上就要毕业了。毕业后你打算做什么？
Shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài, mǎshàng jiùyào bìyè le. Bìyè hòu nǐ dǎsuàn zuò shénme?
Time flies; graduation is coming soon. What do you plan to do after graduation?
Text 3
每个人都希望自己健康，那么什么才是健康呢？
Měi gè rén dōu xīwàng zìjǐ jiànkāng, nàme shénme cái shì jiànkāng ne?
Everyone wants to be healthy, so what is health?
Text 4
昨天晚上我给你打电话一直没人接，你忙什么呢？
Zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà yìzhí méi rén jiē, nǐ máng shénme ne?
I called you last night but no one answered. What were you busy with?
Text 1
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