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什么

Word definition:

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Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
什
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *什* | 什* | *什
4画
file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
2420.0
OJ
么
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *么* | 么* | *么
3画
interrogative particle; small
幺麼麽
2073.2
HI

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
什么
what? / something; anything
什
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *什* | 什* | *什
what
什
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *什* | 什* | *什
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
 么
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
exclamatory final particle
 么
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
interrogative final particle
 么
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc
 么
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *么* | 么* | *么
variant of 麼|么


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