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什么
shén me
what
HSK 1Common
What does 什么 mean?
什么 (pinyin: shén me) means what. It belongs to the official HSK 1 vocabulary (beginner), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 什么
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 什 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 么
The characters of 什么
| 什 | shén | component character |
| 么 | me | component character |
Related HSK 1 words
| 下 | xià | under, down |
| 大 | dà | big, large |
| 没 | méi | not have, no |
| 点 | diǎn | o'clock, point |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to make |
| 看 | kān | to see, to watch |
| 那 | Nā | that, there |
| 能 | Néng | can, be able to |
Full HSK 1 list · Translate a sentence with 什么
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