什么
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Definitions
- 1. what?
- 2. something
- 3. anything
Word relationships
Related words
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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
5 shown你想吃 什么 ?
吗?你说 什么 ?
什么 ?
搞 什么
急 什么 !
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Words Containing 什么
what kind?; what sort?
what are you doing?
nothing
why?
what?
who?
somewhere
sth pertinent to say
when?
and so on
What brings you here? (idiom)
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)
(spoken) why?
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
it is nothing
nothing is impossible
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
What decade are you living in?