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什么
shénme
Main
English Definitionwhat?; something; anything
Simplified Script什么
Traditional Script什麼
Pinyinshénme
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)sam6mo1
Part of Speech(疑问代) question pronoun, (疑) question word
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1
Word Decomposition
shénwhat
mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc

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甚么shénmevariant of 什麼
怎么zěnmehow?; what?; why?
为什么wèi shénmewhy?; for what reason?
那么nàmelike that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
这么zhèmeso much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
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