什么 Traditional: 什麼
Pinyin IPA [ʂən˧˥ mɤ] Zhuyin
HSK 1 pronoun 代词 Book 1 · Lesson 3 freq #55
Meaning
- pronoun 代词 what
The question pronoun 'what', placed where the answer would go: 这是什么？ 'What is this?' It can also modify a noun: 什么书 'what book?'
- what?
- something; anything
Examples
| 那是什么？ | nà shì shén me | What's that? |
| 少了什么？ | shǎo le shén me | What is missing? |
| 您有什么？ | nín yǒu shén me | What do you have? |
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