什
shén
what
什 — the 'what' question word
什 was originally a word for 'a group of ten people,' but it was borrowed for its sound to write the question word shén in 什么. The components no longer carry the 'what' meaning directly — the grammaticalization happened through phonetic borrowing.
你在说什么？
nǐ zài shuō shén me？
what are you saying?
他昨天晚上吃了什么？
tā zuó tiān wǎn shang chī le shén me？
what did he eat last night?
Words with 什
纳什
nà shí
Nash (surname)
卡文迪什
kǎ wén dí shí
Cavendish (name)
什锦
shí jǐn
(food) assorted
卡拉什尼科夫
kǎ lā shí ní kē fū
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
都什么年代了
dōu shén me nián dài le
What decade are you living in?
阿什哈巴德
ā shén hā bā dé
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
阿什哈巴特
ā shí hā bā tè
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan (Tw)
阿什拉维
ā shén lā wéi
surname Ashrawi
阿图什
ā tú shí
Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
阿图什市
ā tú shí shì
Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
雅什
yǎ shí
fine verse
雅诺什
yǎ nuò shí
János (Hungarian name)