shén

什

what

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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

问候与介绍Lesson 1 · Greetings & Introductions 饮食与点菜Lesson 4 · Food & Ordering 爱好与兴趣Lesson 10 · Hobbies & Interests 颜色与描述Lesson 12 · Colors & Descriptions 运动Lesson 15 · Sports & Exercise 在哪儿Lesson 17 · Where Is It? 在饭馆Lesson 18 · At the Restaurant 看病Lesson 21 · Seeing a Doctor vocab 考试Lesson 22 · Exams & Study 生日快乐Lesson 23 · Happy Birthday 你好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 1 · Hello vocab 现在几点HSK 3.0 · Lesson 5 · What Time Is It? 吃饭了吗HSK 3.0 · Lesson 6 · Have You Eaten? 我的房间HSK 3.0 · Lesson 12 · My Room 我的爱好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 15 · My Hobbies 请进HSK 3.0 · Lesson 17 · Come In! 放假了HSK 3.0 · Lesson 19 · Holidays Are Here vocab

Words with 什

什么 shén me what?; something HSK 1
没什么 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter HSK 1
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
为什么 wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
什么样 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2

Examples from your lessons

  • 你好！你叫什么名字？ Hello! What is your name? Lesson 1
  • 你好！你要喝什么？ Hello! What would you like to drink? Lesson 4
  • 好的。你要吃什么菜？ Sure. What dish would you like? Lesson 4
  • 你有什么爱好？ What hobbies do you have? Lesson 10
  • 你喜欢什么运动？ What sports do you like? Lesson 10
  • 你喜欢什么颜色？ What color do you like? Lesson 12

Character facts

Radical
亻 man, person; people
Parts
亻 + 十
Structure
Left–right
Unicode
U+4EC0

Ideographic: A file of ten 十 people 亻

Same radical 亻
nǐ 你 tā 他 zuò 做 zhù 住 men 们 dàn 但 xiàng 像 wèi 位
Same sound
shēn 深 shēn 伸 shén 神 shěn 审 shèn 渗 shèn 肾