谁
Character Breakdown
谁 = 讠 + 隹
Words about which bird — who is speaking?
Radical: 讠 (no. 149)Strokes: 10Traditional: 誰
View stroke order →Definitions
- who
- also pr. [shui2]
Example Sentences
他是谁？
Tā shì shéi
Who is he?
Words Containing 谁
Related Words
三岔口(Sān chà kǒu)· At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
→三废(sān fèi)· three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1]
→三点水(sān diǎn shuǐ)· name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
→上水(shàng shuǐ)· upper reaches (of a river)
→Grammar Notes
Questions with 吗HSK 1
Statement + 吗？
Possessive 的HSK 1
Possessor + 的 + Noun
Basic Measure Words (个, 本, 杯)HSK 1
Number / 这 / 那 + Measure Word + Noun
Question Word Questions (什么, 谁, 哪)HSK 1
Same as statement, but replace the unknown element with a question word
This/That with 这/那HSK 1
这/那 + Measure Word + Noun
HSK levels
- New HSK exam
- HSK 1
- HSK 2.0
- HSK 1
- HSK Lord study list
- HSK 1 list
谁: HSK 1 on both the old and the new exam. See where your old level lands
New exam levels follow the CLEC syllabus released 15 November 2025. The first official sitting is announced for 13 December 2026. HSK 7-9 is one advanced band.
On the new HSK 1 exam
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