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shén

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Definitions

  1. 1. what

Example Sentences

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「那是 麼樹?」「雲杉。」
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13117610)

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Words Containing 什

篇什
piān shí

poem

没什么
méi shén me

nothing

阿图什
ā tú shí

Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]

布什
bù shí

Bush (name)

阿什哈巴德
ā shén hā bā dé

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan

巴尔喀什湖
bā ěr kā shí hú

Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan

阿图什市
ā tú shí shì

Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]

利什曼病
lì shí màn bìng

leishmaniasis (medicine)

干什么
gàn shén me

what are you doing?

法尔卡什
fǎ ěr kǎ shí

Farkas (Hungarian name)

什菜
shí cài

mixed vegetables

什邡
shí fāng

Shifang, county-level city in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan

巴控克什米尔
bā kòng kè shí mǐ ěr

Pakistan administered Kashmir

雅什
yǎ shí

fine verse

乌什塔拉乡
wū shí tǎ lā xiāng

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

没有什么不可能
méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng

nothing is impossible

新罕布什尔州
xīn hǎn bù shí ěr zhōu

New Hampshire, US state

奥什
ào shí

Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)

什么的
shén me de

and so on

阿图什县
ā tú shí xiàn

Atush or Artux County in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]

萨卡什维利
sà kǎ shí wéi lì

Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013

雅诺什
yǎ nuò shí

János (Hungarian name)

劳什子
láo shí zi

(dialect) nuisance

凭什么
píng shén me

(spoken) why?

塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
tǎ shí kù ěr gān tǎ jí kè zì zhì xiàn

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

喀什市
kā shí shì

Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

什一奉献
shí yī fèng xiàn

tithing

普什图语
pǔ shí tú yǔ

Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)

考波什堡
kǎo bō shí bǎo

Kaposvár in southwest Hungary (German: Ruppertsburg), capital of Somogy county 紹莫吉州|绍莫吉州

什么时候
shén me shí hou

when?

什邡市
shí fāng shì

Shifang, county-level city in Deyang 德陽|德阳[dé yáng], Sichuan

都什么年代了
dōu shén me nián dài le

What decade are you living in?

什么好说
shén me hǎo shuō

sth pertinent to say

通什
tōng shí

Tongshi, Hainan

厄什塔
è shén tǎ

Ørsta (city in Norway)

什锦果盘
shí jǐn guǒ pán

mixed fruit salad

布尔什维克
bù ěr shí wéi kè

Bolshevik

喀什噶尔
kā shí gá ěr

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

印古什
yìn gǔ shí

Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia

塔什库尔干自治县
tǎ shí kù ěr gān zì zhì xiàn

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

克什米尔
kè shí mǐ ěr

Kashmir

波什格伦
bō shén gé lún

Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)

布什尔
bù shí ěr

Bushehr Province of southern Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf

什锦
shí jǐn

(food) assorted

什么
shén me

what?

普里什蒂纳
pǔ lǐ shí dì nà

Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃

什叶
shí yè

Shia (a movement in Islam)

拉什卡尔加
lā shí kǎ ěr jiā

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

家什
jiā shi

utensils

什器
shí qì

various kinds of everyday utensils

乌什塔拉
wū shí tǎ lā

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

班什
bān shí

Binche (Belgian city)

比什凯克
bǐ shí kǎi kè

Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan

多菲什
duō fēi shí

dogfish (loanword)

卡拉什尼科夫
kǎ lā shí ní kē fū

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

什刹海
shí chà hǎi

Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes

没有什么
méi yǒu shén me

it is nothing

鸠摩罗什
jiū mó luó shí

Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts

到什么山上,唱什么歌
dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē

lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)

林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu

it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)

乌什
wū shí

Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

兴都库什
xīng dū kù shí

the Hindu Kush (mountain range)

卡文迪什
kǎ wén dí shí

Cavendish (name)

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de

What brings you here? (idiom)

塔什干
tǎ shí gān

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan

什么事
shén me shì

what?

纳什维尔
nà shí wéi ěr

Nashville, capital of Tennessee

塔什库尔干乡
tǎ shí kù ěr gān xiāng

Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

什么样
shén me yàng

what kind?; what sort?

乌什县
wū shí xiàn

Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

新罕布什尔
xīn hǎn bù shí ěr

New Hampshire, US state

克什克腾
kè shí kè téng

Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

喀什地区
kā shí dì qū

Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

什叶派
shí yè pài

Shia sect (of Islam)

什么地方
shén me dì fang

somewhere

为什么
wèi shén me

why?

克什克腾旗
kè shí kè téng qí

Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

拉什莫尔山
lā shí mò ěr shān

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

什么人
shén me rén

who?

乌什塔拉回族乡
wū shí tǎ lā huí zú xiāng

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

马拉喀什
mǎ lā kā shí

Marrakech (city in Morocco)

喀什
kā shí

Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan

艾尔米塔什
ài ěr mǐ tǎ shí

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

捞什子
lāo shí zi

encumbrance

葫芦里卖的是什么药
hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào

what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?