什
什
shén
what
4 strokes
Character Breakdown
Definitions
- what
Example Sentences
什么东西？
Shénme dōngxi
What thing?
Words Containing 什
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Related Words
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)
→不以词害志(bù yǐ cí hài zhì)· don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
→Grammar Notes
Questions with 吗HSK 1
Statement + 吗？
Possessive 的HSK 1
Possessor + 的 + Noun
Time Expression PlacementHSK 1
Subject + Time + Verb + Object (or) Time + Subject + Verb + Object
Expressing "Want" with 想HSK 1
Subject + 想 + Verb + Object
Question Word Questions (什么, 谁, 哪)HSK 1
Same as statement, but replace the unknown element with a question word
Appears in these articles
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HSK levels
什 is not on the HSK 2.0 lists or the new exam syllabus.
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