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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)
明天星期六，你做什么？
Míngtiān xīngqīliù, nǐ zuò shénme?
Tomorrow is Saturday. What are you going to do?
Text 3
你在忙什么呢？刚才打你的手机你也不接。
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? Gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
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
桌子上放着很多饮料，你喝什么？
Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe hěn duō yǐnliào, nǐ hē shénme?
There are many drinks on the table. What do you want to drink?
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
李老师邀请咱们去他家做客，给他带点儿什么礼物好呢？
Lǐ lǎoshī yāoqǐng zánmen qù tā jiā zuòkè, gěi tā dài diǎnr shénme lǐwù hǎo ne?
Teacher Li invited us to his home. What gift should we bring him?
Text 3
先生，请坐！您要什么？
Xiānshēng, qǐng zuò! Nín yào shénme?
Sir, please have a seat! What would you like?
Text 3
人的一生可以什么也没有，但不能没有朋友，而且必须要有自己真正的朋友。
Rén de yīshēng kěyǐ shénme yě méiyǒu,dàn bùnéng méiyǒu péngyou,érqiě bìxū yào yǒu zìjǐ zhēnzhèng de péngyou.
In life, a person can have nothing, but cannot be without friends, and must have their own true friends.
Text 5
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