什么
shénme
what
Part of speech · pronoun (question)
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Examples
- 这是什么?What is this?
- 你叫什么名字?What's your name?
Collocations
什么时候什么样没什么什么的
Mnemonic
什么 shénme "what" — fundamental question word. Stands alone ("what?"), modifies nouns ("what kind of"), and forms compounds: 什么时候 "when", 什么样 "what kind".
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