什么
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Definitions
- 1. what?
- 2. something
- 3. anything
Word relationships
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Collocations
什么 commonly follows 做 (zuò, to do) as in 做什么 (zuò shénme, do what).
Common mistakes
什么 is never used as a relative pronoun like 'what' in English (e.g., 'I know what you did'). Use 的 (de) structure instead.
Example Sentences
5 shown你 什么 时候回来?
这两种方法有 什么 差别?
这不算 什么 。
你有 什么 好主意?
你听见 什么 声音了吗?
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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?