"什么" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 什么 |  shén me | what? / something / anything |   | |
Results beginning with 什么 | ||||
| 什么样 | shén me yàng | what kind? / what sort? / what appearance? | | |
| 什么事 | shén me shì | what? / which? | | |
| 什么是 | shén me shì | what is ...? | | |
| 什么的 | shén me de | and so on / and what not | | |
| 什么人 | shén me rén | who? / what (kind of) person? | | |
| 什么时候 | shén me shí hou | when? / at what time? | | |
| 什么地方 | shén me dì fang | somewhere / someplace / where | | |
| 什么好说 | shén me hǎo shuō | sth pertinent to say | | |
| 什么风把你吹来的 | shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de | What brings you here? (idiom) | | |
Approximate Results for 什么 | ||||
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? | | |
| 没什么 | méi shén me | nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind | | |
| 干什么 | gàn shén me | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | | |
| 凭什么 | píng shén me | (spoken) why? / for which reason? | | |
| 没有什么 | méi yǒu shén me | it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it | | |
| 都什么年代了 | dōu shén me nián dài le | What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date! | | |
| 没有什么不可能 | méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng | nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it | | |
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? | | |
| 到什么山上，唱什么歌 | dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē | lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do | | |
| 林子大了，什么鸟都有 | lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu | it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom) | | |
