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什么

什麼
shén me
HSK 1freq #55

Meanings

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shén me
  1. 1.what?
  2. 2.something; anything

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.what
  2. 2.something
  3. 3.anything; whatever
  4. 4.thing like; such as; and so on; and what not

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Etymology

Corruption of medieval 是物 (MC dzyeX mjut, “why”) (Yuan et al., 1996: 318–324) or 什物 (MC dzyip mjut, “miscellaneous items”) (Norman, 1988; Zhang, 1982), perhaps influenced by 何物 (OC *ɡaːl mɯd, “what”).

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