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什么

shén me
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Pronoun Very common

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Definitions

  1. 1. what?
  2. 2. something
  3. 3. anything

Usage notes

Collocations

什么 is often used with 都 or 也 to mean 'anything' or 'nothing', e.g., 我什么都吃 (I eat anything).

Common mistakes

Learners sometimes place 什么 after the noun instead of before it; remember that 什么 precedes the noun, as in 什么书 (what book).

Example Sentences

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你想吃 什么
What do you want to eat?
吗?你说 什么
What? What did you say?
什么
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 338275)
什么
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1067336)
什么
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 419946)

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