什么
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Definitions
- what?
- who?
- something
- anything
Example Sentences
你在做什么？
Nǐ zài zuò shénme
What are you doing?
Related Words
在那儿(zài na r)— (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)
→一分耕耘，一分收获(yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò)— you get what you put in
→一分钱一分货(yī fēn qián yī fēn huò)— nothing for nothing
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
→Grammar Notes
Questions with 吗HSK 1
Statement + 吗？
Question Word Questions (什么, 谁, 哪)HSK 1
Same as statement, but replace the unknown element with a question word
Sentence-final 呢HSK 2
Subject + 呢？ OR Statement + 呢
Regardless (无论/不管)HSK 3
无论/不管 + Question Element，Subject + 都/也 + Verb
Rhetorical Questions (难道)HSK 3
难道 + Subject + (不/没) + Verb + 吗？
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HSK & Exam Info
HSK 2.0: Level 2HSK 3.0: Level 1
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