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什么
什麼
shénme
1.
what?
2.
who?
3.
something
4.
anything
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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)
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
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
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
如果你想做什么事情，那就勇敢地去做，不要担心结果，不要考虑会不会失败。
Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme shìqíng, nà jiù yǒnggǎn de qù zuò, bùyào dānxīn jiéguǒ, bùyào kǎolǜ huì bù huì shībài.
If you want to do something, then be brave and do it. Don't worry about the result. Don't think about whether you will fail.
Text 4
无论做什么事情，都要注意方法，学习尤其是这样。
Wúlùn zuò shénme shìqíng, dōu yào zhùyì fāngfǎ, xuéxí yóuqí shì zhèyàng.
No matter what you do, pay attention to the method; this is especially true for learning.
Text 5
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