什么(shén me): what?
what?
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 什么 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- shén me
- Meaning
- what?
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 什麼
Appears in lessons
什么 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 什么 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
你做什么工作?
nǐ zuò shén me gōng zuò
What's your job?
你早餐吃什么？
nǐ zǎo cān chī shén me
What do you have for breakfast?
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 什么 — tap one to open its word page.
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